Georges Islands

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

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

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Place ID: 10952
Name ID: 1033

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 three small islands in Edward VIII Gulf in Kemp Land. Two of the islands, joined by ice, were called Tvillingane (The Twins) by Norwegian cartographers who plotted them from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). The third island was called Tvillingstakken (The Twin Stack).

Named For

The group was renamed by A N C A after Georges Schwartz, French Observer with ANARE at Mawson, 1954, who visited the islands with R.G. Dovers whilst on a sledging journey to Edward VIII Gulf.

Location

Latitude:
66° 51' 22.3" S
-66.85620°
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Longitude:
56° 48' 39.6" E
56.81100°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
18-Feb-1958

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