Stevenson Island

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

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

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Place ID: 14027
Name ID: 1019

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 about 122 m high, one of two islands, about 4 km NNE of Cape Simpson in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered on 18 February, 1931, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson. Named after Capt. J.B. Stevenson, RN, a member of the Australian Aurora Committee, 1916-17.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 26' 25.6" S
-67.44044°
Accurate to 150m
Longitude:
61° 10' 49.3" E
61.18036°
Accurate to 150m
Altitude:
122 m
Accurate to 20m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
E150_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
1:25000
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:
Unknown

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