Name details

Molar Island

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 136797

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.

Narrative

An ice-covered island of irregular shape, 0.25 mile long, between Early Islands and Cosgrove Ice Shelf in the extreme southeast part of Ferrero Bay, Eights Coast. The occurrence of open water around the feature, clearly shown in USGS aerial photographs and satellite images of the 1966-2000 period, has drawn attention due to the island position behind the fast ice of Ferrero Bay. Named descriptively by US-ACAN (2009) because the shape of the island is reminiscent of a molar.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 39' 44.0" S
-73.66222°
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Longitude:
101° 22' 27.0" W
-101.37417°
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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:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

new feature (R.Payne, 6.5.09)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
Unknown

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