Name details

Hawker Island

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 126306

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 irregular-shaped island c. 1 mi long, lying between Mule Island and Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, in the E part of Prydz Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Remapped by ANARE (1957-58) and named after A.C. Hawker, radio supervisor at Davis Station in 1957.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 38' 00.0" S
-68.63333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
77° 51' 00.0" E
77.85000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA21899
Caption
Hawker Island, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2500 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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