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)
Coulman Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Coulman Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island (5)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An island about 15 miles long from north to south, 9 miles wide, of volcanic rock, but completely covered with snow and ice. The highest point is 610m. There is a large penguin rookery on the island. It was discovered by Ross on 17 January 1841 and named by him for Mr Thomas Coulman, the father of his fiancée, Anne Coulman. The island lies about 8 miles south-south-east of Cape Jones, from which it is separated by a deep strait.
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