Name details

Cockburn Island

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 123659

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

Circular island 1 mi in diameter, consisting of a high plateau with steep slopes surmounted on the NW side by a pyramidal peak 450 m high, lying in the NE entrance to Admiralty Sound, S of the NE end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by a British expedition under Ross, 1839-43, who named it for Admiral George Cockburn, RN, then Senior Naval Lord of the Admiralty.

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Location

Latitude:
64° 12' 00.0" S
-64.20000°
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Longitude:
56° 51' 00.0" W
-56.85000°
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Altitude:
450 m
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1952

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