Name details

Aviation Islands

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 122054

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A group of small rocky islands lying 3 mi N of Cape Kinsey and the Wilson Hills. Mapped by the SovAE, 1958, and named Ostrova Polyarnoy Aviatsii (Polar Aviation Islands). The feature is the site of an Adelie penguin rookery.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 16' 00.0" S
-69.26667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
158° 47' 00.0" E
158.78333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1961
Catalogue id
3930C5
Caption
3 miles north of the Wilson Hills in Oates Land
Photographer
Law, Phillip Garth (Phil)

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-1964

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