Einstøding Islands

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

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

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Place ID: 4126
Name ID: 1081

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, 6 km north of the Stanton Group off Mac.Robertson Land. Probably first seen by BANZARE (1930-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson.

Named For

Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Einstödingane. Einstøding” means something like recluse, loner or outsider in Norwegian.

Location

Latitude:
67° 28' 28.7" S
-67.47465°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
61° 39' 55.8" E
61.66550°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
18-Feb-1958

Related information

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