Possession Islands

Possession Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Possession Islands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 11505
Name ID: 114139

Feature type: Island (5)

Origin

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:

Narrative

A group of nine islands and islets lying in the western part of the Ross Sea, about 4 miles off the north-eastern coast of Victoria Land and southward of Cape McCormick. The group extends north and south a distance of about 10 miles and they vary in size from 3 miles in length to mere pillars of rock. The north-western island, named Svend Foyn Island, is the largest and is about 3 miles long, and is low and bare. James Ross Island, the middle large island is high with vertical sides, and the southernmost island, is named Heftye's Island. The group was named by Ross in commemmoration of the planting of the British flag and taking possession in the name of the British Sovereign on 12 January 1841. He landed on a small rocky beach on Svend Foyn Island. Other landings have been made by Borchgrevink in 1895 and 1899, and by Colbeck in 1903. Bull named the individual islands in 1895.

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Location

Latitude:
71° 56' 00.0" S
-71.93333°
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Longitude:
171° 10' 00.0" E
171.16667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
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Comments

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Approval status

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Date approved:
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