White Island

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

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

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Place ID: 15975
Name ID: 114718

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

An island, approximately 28km long in a north-south direction and up to 16km wide at its southern end, protruding through the Ross Ice Shelf close to Ross Island. The island is 2km east of Black Island, across white Strait. It has several craters and the highest point is Mount Nipha at 762m.

Named For

Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (Discovery Expedition, BrNAE), 1901-04, and named by Scott in 1902 because of the mantle of snow which covers it. Not Hvit Oen (Norwegian) or Weisse Insel (German).

Location

Latitude:
78° 08' 00.0" S
-78.13333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
167° 24' 00.0" E
167.40000°
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Altitude:
544 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 18_33 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

Related information

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