Name details

Aviation Islands

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 952

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 small islands about 5 km NNE of Davies Bay, Oates Land. Discovered by the S.A.E. in 1958. Photographed from the air on 20 February 1959 by Phillip Law, leader of the ANARE Expedition, on the MV Magga Dan. Law and a party from the MV Magga Dan landed on the southernmost island on 6 March, 1961.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 16' 13.6" S
-69.27044°
Accurate to 150m
Longitude:
158° 47' 25.2" E
158.79033°
Accurate to 150m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1961
Catalogue id
3930C5
Caption
3 miles north of the Wilson Hills in Oates Land
Photographer
Law, Phillip Garth (Phil)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
E103_RGB_321x1
Source Scale:
1:250000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
11-Oct-1960

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