Fold Island

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

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

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Place ID: 4778
Name ID: 1072

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 just east of Stefansson Bay off the coast of Kemp Land. Visited by ANARE parties since 1954. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Foldoya.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 18' 00.0" S
-67.30000°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
59° 23' 00.0" E
59.38333°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1962
Catalogue id
3867D3
Photographer
Nelson, Robert (Bob)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E149_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Aug-1957

Related information

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