Gillies Islands

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

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

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Place ID: 5328
Name ID: 1075

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

Three small rocky islands protruding through the Shackleton Ice Shelf, about 7 km north of Cape Moyes. Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of A A E (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after F. Gillies, a member of the expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 31' 13.7" S
-66.52047°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
96° 21' 55.5" E
96.36542°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E164_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

Related information

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