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)
Colbeck Archipelago (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Colbeck Archipelago (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Archipelago (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:
Numerous small rocky islands centered 1 mi NW of Byrd Head, just E of Taylor Glacier. Discovered in January 1930 and charted in February 1931 by the BANZARE under Mawson. Named by Mawson for W.R. Colbeck, second officer of the expedition ship, Discovery. Norwegian whalers who explored this same area in January 1931 named the group 4 mi to the N the Thorfinn Islands. The name Colbeck has sometimes appeared on charts for this latter group.
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