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)
Sturge Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Sturge Island (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:
An island about 20 mi long and 4 mi wide which is the largest and southernmost of the Balleny Islands. Discovered in Feb. 1839 by John Balleny, captain of the schooner Eliza Scott, who named it for T. Sturge, one of the merchants who united with Charles Enderby in sending out the expedition.
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