Name details

Maggs Island

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 138302

Feature type: Island (5)

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Maggs Island is one of the larger islands that make up the Rookery Islands. Maggs Island is one of the islands on the eastern islands about 3.5km from the Antarctic coastline.

Named For

Named after Thomas (Tom) Maggs for his contributions to Australia’s Antarctic program between 1979 and 2012. Tom’s Antarctic service spanned three winters and appointments as a station and voyage leader. He led Australia’s implementation of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty and represented Australia in the Treaty’s Committee for Environmental Protection.

Location

Latitude:
67° 36' 17.0" S
-67.60472°
Accurate to 1000m
Longitude:
62° 32' 16.0" E
62.53778°
Accurate to 1000m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
2003 AAT coastline topo dataset
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Geoscience Australia
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
14-Aug-2018

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