Name details

Robertson Island

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 130843

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

Ice-covered island, 13 mi long in a NW-SE direction and 6 mi wide, lying at the E end of the Seal Nunataks off the E coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Capt. C.A. Larsen discovered the island from the Jason on Dec. 9, 1893. Larsen named it for William Robertson, co-owner of Woltereck and Robertson, the Hamburg firm that sent him to the Antarctic.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 10' 00.0" S
-65.16667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
59° 37' 00.0" W
-59.61667°
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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-1947

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