Name details
Hawker Island
Hawker Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Hawker Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
Origin
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
- Hawker Island (Russia)
- Hawker Island (United States of America)
Narrative
An irregular-shaped island between Mule Island and Mule Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. Named after A.C. Hawker, radio supervisor at Davis in 1957.
Named For
Location
Images
©Belinda Reynolds 2009
- Catalogue id
- IA21899
- Caption
- Hawker Island, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2500 feet. Looking West.
- Photographer
- Reynolds, Belinda
Map
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Comments
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