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)
Desolation Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Desolation Island (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:
V-shaped island lying in the entrance to Hero Bay, 5 mi W of Williams Point, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Discovered in January 1820 by a British expedition under Bransfield, and so named by him because of its desolate appearance.
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