Name details

Tent Island

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114521

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

An island, approximately 1.5km long north to south and 138m high, roughly rectangular in shape, the largest in the Dellbridge Islands Group, lying south of Cape Evans, Ross Island, in McMurdo Sound. The island is composed of volcanic debris of a similar nature to that of Ross Island. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF13

Named For

Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (Discovery Expedition, BrNAE), 1901-04, which so named this island because of its tent-like appearance.

Location

Latitude:
77° 41' 00.0" S
-77.68333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
166° 23' 00.0" E
166.38333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
101 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF13 : Edition 1.01 Published 2014
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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