Name details

Evans Island

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 868

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

An island at the southern end of the Flat Islands, about 4 km west of Mawson in Mac.Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37); photographed from the air by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE. Visited by various ANARE parties since 1954.

Named For

Cpl. D Evans, RAEME, diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1958

Location

Latitude:
67° 36' 18.0" S
-67.60500°
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Longitude:
62° 47' 24.0" E
62.79000°
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Altitude:
38 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
22-Jul-1959

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