Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Emma Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Emma Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
E of Cape Anna, Wilhelmina Bay, Danco Coast, was charted by BeAE, 29 January 1898, and named Île Emma after Emma de Gerlache de Gomery (c.1834-1933), mother of Baron de Gerlache de Gomery, Commander of BeAE (Lecointe, map, 1899; 1900a, map facing p.132). Ilôt Emma (Gerlache, 1900b, p.469). Emma Island (Cook, 1900, map p.xx; BA chart 3205, 1.vi.1901; APC, 1955, p.9; BA chart 3566, 16.x.1959). Emma Ö (HA chart, 1928). Isla Ema [sic] (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947). Isla Emma (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.340; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.115). Islote Ema [sic] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.257). The island was recharted by FIDS from Norsel in April 1955 and photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57.
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