Name details

Trolval Island

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 135394

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Small, rocky island about 300m long that lies between the N tip of Anchorage Island and Lagoon Island, Léonie Islands, Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island. Name was taken from Harrison Matthews' book "The Whale" and refers to a devil-whale (APC, 2004).

Named For

Location

Latitude:

67° 35' 41.0" S

-67.59472°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

68° 12' 42.0" W

-68.21167°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

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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:

24-Feb-1904

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