Name details

Chubuk Island

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

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

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 986

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:

Chubuk, ostrov (Russia)

Narrative

Chubuk Island lies immediately to the south-east of Torckler Island in the Rauer Group and is separated from it by about 150 m of water. The highest point on the island is 41 m. Discovered and charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

68° 54' 33.5" S

-68.90930°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

77° 51' 50.0" E

77.86390°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

41 m

Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

7-Mar-1991

Display Scales

Note These display scales were chosen for use by Australia, with an emphasis on East Antarctica.
For example, selecting 'Aus_display_scale_20M' would only return names that would appear on a 1:20 million scale map.

Aus_display_scale_20M:	No	Aus_display_scale_10M:	No
Aus_display_scale_5M:	No	Aus_display_scale_2M:	No
Aus_display_scale_1M:	No	Aus_display_scale_500k:	No
Aus_display_scale_250k:	No	Aus_display_scale_100k:	No
Aus_display_scale_50k:	No	Aus_display_scale_25k:	No
Aus_display_scale_10k:	No	Aus_display_scale_5k:	No
Aus_display_scale_1k:	No

Related information

Biodiversity
View fauna, flora or both within 1.0 degree of this location

Place names
View Australian or international place names within 1.0 degree of this location.