Name details

Reel Island

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 139195

Feature type: Island

Origin

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

Narrative

A small island, with four lakes, in the south-western part of Amanda Bay (ASPA 169). It is a feature important for accessing the ASPA.

Named For

Named for its shape. Seen from the air, the island resembles a cotton reel due to the two bays on opposite sides of the island.

Location

Latitude:

69° 16' 22.1" S

-69.27280°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

76° 50' 24.4" E

76.84010°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

LIMA

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

9-Dec-2019

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