Name details

Hahn Island

Hahn Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hahn Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113451

Feature type: Island (5)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A small island at the southwest end of Bellafront Bright, just off the northern slopes of Mount Discovery, on the eastern side of the Koettlitz Glacier, and approximately 10.5km west-southwest of Swyer Point, Brown Peninsula.

Named For

Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963 for Commander James Hahn, U.S. Navy (USN), public information officer on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, for several years preceding 1963.

Location

Latitude:
78° 15' 16.8" S
-78.25465°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
164° 58' 00.9" E
164.96693°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
60 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2019
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 18_34 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
27-Jun-1963

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