Name details

Barrier Island

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 122230

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

An island, 0.5 mi long, at the N end of the Vestfold Hills, lying just N of the entrance to Tryne Fjord in Tryne Sound. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Visited in 1957 by an ANARE party and so named because the island appeared to form a barrier to the passage of icebergs up Tryne Fjord.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 26' 00.0" S
-68.43333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 23' 00.0" E
78.38333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA21846
Caption
Barrier Island, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking West.
Photographer
Reynolds, Belinda

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-1965

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