Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Chick Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Chick Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
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:
A small isolated rock on the eastern end of Sabrina Coast. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) Visited and its position fixed by ANARE Expedition under Phillip Law in 1960. Named by USACAN after Amos Chick, carpenter on the sloop Vincennes of the USEE under Wilkes (1838-42).
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