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Murray Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Murray Islands (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:
SSE of Cape Whitson, Laurie Island, were roughly charted by Brisbane (under the direction of Weddell) in January 1823 and named Murrys [sic] Islands, probably after James Murray, maker of the marine chronometer used by Weddell (Weddell, 1825a, map facing p.25). Murrys Inseln (Weddell, 1827, third end map). Murray Islands (Powell, chart, 1831; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1959a, p.9). IÎles Murray (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170). Iles Murroys [sic] (Vincendon-Dumoulin, atlas, 1847, Pl.43). Îles Murrays [sic] (Vincendon-Dumoulin, 1851, p. 25). Murray Inseln (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). The islands were surveyed by SNAE, 23 September 1903. Murray Isles (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]). Morray [sic] Islands (Sørlle, chart, 1912). Murrai [sic] Island (Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913). Murray Islets (BA, 1916, p.411; APC, 1955, p.15). Islotes Murray (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.437). Murray Öya (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). The islands were recharted by DI in 1933. Murray Islet (France. SHM, 1937, p.387). Isla Murray (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.45). Islas Murray (Moneta, 1951, end map [1]). Murrys [sic] Isles, as rejected form (USBGN, 1956, p.220).
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