Name details

Vize Islands

Vize Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Vize Islands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111788

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

forming NE entrance point of Zubov Bay, Renaud Island, Biscoe Islands, were photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of sea-ice specialists grouped in this area, named after Vladimir Yul'yevich Vize (1886-1954), Soviet climatologist and oceanographer; author of works on sea ice in the Arctic and pioneer of ice-forecasting methods (APC, 1959a, p.12; BA chart 3573, 26.viii.1960). Isla Orella, so called by CAE probably after a member of the expedition (Chile. DNH chart 1502, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.217).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 40' 00.0" S
-65.66667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
65° 37' 00.0" W
-65.61667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
7-Jul-1959

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