Name details

Hop Island

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 126681

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

One of the largest of the Rauer Islands, about 3 mi long, lying 1 mi WSW of Filla Island. Charted by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37), who gave the name Hopoy. They charted the feature as being even larger, including a southern arm enclosing a cove. The feature was more accurately delineated by John H. Roscoe in 1952 from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The name Hop Island has been retained for the largest segment of the feature as suggested by Roscoe.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 50' 00.0" S
-68.83333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
77° 43' 00.0" E
77.71667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1998
Catalogue id
IA28308
Caption
Aerial photo of Hop Island taken using a Zeiss UMK 1318 aerial camera.
Photographer
Brolsma, Henk

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-1956

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