Name details

Fitzroy Island

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 125143

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

Island 0.5 mi E of the S tip of Stonington Island, lying in Neny Bay at the foot of Northeast Glacier, by which it is partially covered, off the W coast of Graham Land. The island was presumably first sighted in 1936 by the BGLE, and was roughly charted by them and by the USAS, 1939-41. It was surveyed in 1947 by the FIDS who named it for the RMS Fitzroy, FIDS ship which visited this area in 1947.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 11' 00.0" S
-68.18333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
66° 58' 00.0" W
-66.96667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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-1963

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