Name details

Rigel Skerries

Rigel Skerries (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Rigel Skerries  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 130772

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 chain of islands and rocks in the NW part of the Oygarden Group, lying in the S part of the entrance to Edward VIII Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and called Utskjera (the outer skerries). The group was first visited by an ANARE party in 1954; these skerries were renamed by ANCA after the star Rigel which was used for an astrofix in the vicinity.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 55' 00.0" S
-66.91667°
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Longitude:
57° 18' 00.0" E
57.30000°
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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-1965

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