Name details

Partizan Island

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 129874

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

A hook-shaped island, 3 mi long, lying in the middle of the entrance to Langnes Fjord, Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). They gave the name Onguloy (fishook island), but that name might be confused with the better known Ongul Island, the site of recent Japanese Antarctic Research Expeditions. The area was subsequently photographed from the air by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1954-58), and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). Renamed Ostrov Partizan (partisan island) by the Soviet expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 31' 00.0" S
-68.51667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 10' 00.0" E
78.16667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Rick Oates 2009
Catalogue id
IA21966
Caption
Partizan Island, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1400 feet. Looking Northwest.
Photographer
Oates, Rick

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-1970

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