Name details

Haswell Islands

Haswell Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Haswell Islands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 827

Feature type: Island

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A group of rocky islands and rocks lying off the coast of Queen Mary Land, just east of McDonald Bay, extending 4 km out to sea. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Sir Douglas Mawson called these islands the Rookery Islands because of a large Emperor penguin colony near Haswell Island, the largest of the group. The name Haswell has been applied to the whole group because of the recognition gained by the Haswell Island name.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 32' 04.6" S
-66.53461°
Accurate to 50m
Longitude:
92° 59' 26.5" E
92.99069°
Accurate to 50m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id 10300100096D9000 not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:15000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
D.Smith
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
WorldView-2 satellite image captured 6 February 2011

Comments

Map 1 in the management plan adopted in 2011 for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 127 was used as a reference to identify the island in the satellite image.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
11-Aug-1955

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