Name details

Warriner Island

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 133447

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 small island lying just off the W end of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Named by ANCA for A. Warriner, radio officer at Davis Station, 1961.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 37' 00.0" S
-68.61667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
77° 54' 00.0" E
77.90000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA22036
Caption
Warriner 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-1970

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