Gerd Island

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

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

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Place ID: 5268
Name ID: 125631

Feature type: Island (5)

Origin

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:

Narrative

Island 1 mi WSW of Stene Point at the E side of the entrance to Norway Bight, off the S coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted and named by Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sorlle, who made a running survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 40' 00.0" S
-60.66667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
45° 44' 00.0" W
-45.73333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1952

Related information

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