Norris Island

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

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

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Place ID: 14487
Name ID: 1098

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

The largest island of the Colbeck Archipelago, near the coast of Mac.Robertson Land, about 3 km north of Stump Mountain. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from our photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Teksla.

Named For

Renamed after D. Norris, auroral physicist at Mawson in 1959.

Location

Latitude:
67° 26' 40.2" S
-67.44450°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
60° 55' 43.7" E
60.92880°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
11-Oct-1960

Related information

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