Name details

Kollen Island

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 814

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

An island, about 75 m above sea level, off the eastern side of the Hoseason Glacier Tongue in Kemp Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Kollen (The Knoll) by Norwegian cartographers.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 07' 18.0" S
-67.12167°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
58° 20' 02.0" E
58.33389°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E149_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
31-Jul-1972

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