Proclamation Island

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

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

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Place ID: 11645
Name ID: 130388

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

Small rocky island 2.5 mi W of Cape Batterbee and close E of Aagaard Islands. Discovered by the BANZARE under Mawson, 1929-31, and so named, following the reading of a proclamation on its summit on Jan. 13, 1930 claiming the area for the British Crown.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 51' 00.0" S
-65.85000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
53° 41' 00.0" E
53.68333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1999
Catalogue id
3704C6
Photographer
Papps, Wayne

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-1947

Related information

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