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)
Balleny Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Balleny Islands (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island (5)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A group consisting primarily of three large and two smaller islands, heavily glaciated and volcanic in origin, lying 150 miles NNE of Cape Kinsey, Oates Coast. The group trends NW-SE for nearly 100 miles. The islands were discovered by John Balleny, commander of the Eliza Scott, in February 1839. They were named in his honor by Captain Beaufort, hydrographer to the Admiralty.
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