Name details

Wyatt Earp Islands

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 881

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 small group of islands and rocks off the northern extremity of the Vestfold Hills, about 1 km north of Walkabout Rocks.

Named For

Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Nxrsteholman by the Norwegian cartographers. On 9 January, 1939, a landing was made by Sir Hubert Wilkins at nearby Walkabout rocks from the Wyatt Earp, after which the islands were renamed.

Location

Latitude:
68° 21' 33.1" S
-68.35919°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 32' 23.3" E
78.53981°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
43.5 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA22043
Caption
Wyatt Earp Islands, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1600 feet. Looking North.
Photographer
Reynolds, Belinda

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
vest_hills_gis
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
11-Aug-1958

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