Spissøya (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Spissøya (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Translated from Norwegian the name means "The pointed island". Spiss = tip, point, head, apex. Original spelling was Spissöya with the modern spelling being Spissøya. Feature first mapped by the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936-37 with the name shown on Hansen Chart - Atlas of Parts of the Antarctic Coastal Lands / Ingrid Christensen Coast / Sheet 10 published in 1946. Scar map catalogue map number 12811. Name adopted by Australia in 2011.
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