Skua Island

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

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

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Place ID: 13451
Name ID: 131731

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

Roughly triangular island 0.7 mi long, lying between Black Island to the SW and Winter Island and Galindez Island to the N and NE, in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted and named in 1935 by the BGLE under Rymill.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 15' 00.0" S
-65.25000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
64° 16' 00.0" W
-64.26667°
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-1950

Related information

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