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)
Birkenhauer Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Birkenhauer 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:
An island off the eastern side of Browning Peninsula, Windmill Island. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) ANARE (1956) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). Named after the Reverend H Birkenhauer, F.S J, seismologist at Wilkes in 1958.
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