Name details

Chinstrap Island

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139145

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A small low lying island approximately 2 km south-southeast of Buckle Island, 0.3 km north-northeast of Sabrina Island, in the Balleny Islands. Included within Antarctic Specially Protected Area 104 Sabrina Island.

Named For

The island was named Chinstrap because (together with Sabrina Island) it was the first place on this side of the Antarctica where a colony of Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) were found to be breeding. The island has the only colony of Chinstrap penguins in the Ross Sea region. The next closest colony is at Peter I Øy (island) 4000km away. Originally proposed as 'Islet' but approved as Island by NZ-APNC and US-ACAN in 1975.

Location

Latitude:
66° 54' 45.0" S
-66.91250°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 19' 00.0" E
163.31667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Management Plan For Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 104 SABRINA ISLAND, BALLENY ISLANDS, ANTARCTICA
Source Identifier:
ASPA 104 - Map 2
Source Scale:
1:6000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
ATCM
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinate also checked against REMA 2m satellite strip DEM SETSM_WV01_20131018_102001002796FA00_1020010023307500_seg1_2m_v1.0

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-May-1975

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