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)
Larsen Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Larsen 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:
Small group of islands lying 1 mi NW of Moreton Point the W extremity of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered by Capt. George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer on the occasion of their joint cruise in December 1821. They were named on Capt. Petter Sorlle's chart, based upon his survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13, in honor of Capt. C.A. Larsen.
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