Name details

Apollo Island

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 121869

Feature type: Island (5)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A small ice-covered island about 18 mi ENE of Blaskimen Island in the NW part of the Fimbul Ice Shelf, Queen Maud Land. The island is 10 mi ENE of the site of the South African Sanae Station. The name Apollo appears to be first used on a South African map of 1969.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 15' 00.0" S
-70.25000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
1° 55' 00.0" W
-1.91667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1970

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