Holl Island

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

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

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Place ID: 6504
Name ID: 126619

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

Rocky, triangular-shaped island, 1.7 mi long, marking the SW end of the Windmill Islands. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and USN Operation Windmill, 1947-48. Named by the US-ACAN for Lt. Richard C. Holl, USNR, photogrammetrist with the Navy Hydrographic Office, who served as surveyor with the USN Operation Windmill parties which established astronomical control stations on Holl Island and along Queen Mary and Knox Coasts.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 25' 00.0" S
-66.41667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
110° 25' 00.0" E
110.41667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1998
Catalogue id
3424B5
Photographer
Dixon, Grant

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-1955

Related information

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