Name details

False Island Point

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 124981

Feature type: Point (8)

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

Headland 1 mi long and 0.5 mi wide, which is connected by a low, narrow, almost invisible isthmus to the S side of Vega Island, lying S of the NE end of Antarctic Peninsula. First sighted in February 1902 and charted as an island by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold. It was determined to be a part of Vega Island in 1945 by the FIDS, who applied this descriptive name.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 55' 00.0" S
-63.91667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
57° 20' 00.0" W
-57.33333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

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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