Tryne Islands

Tryne Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Tryne Islands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 15014
Name ID: 132924

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

A group of numerous small islands and rocks, about 4 mi in extent, forming the western limit of Tryne Bay and Tryne Sound at the northeast end of the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and named Trynoyane (the snout islands).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 24' 00.0" S
-68.40000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 23' 00.0" E
78.38333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Nathan Saunders 2009
Catalogue id
IA22028
Caption
Tryne Islands, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking South.
Photographer
Saunders, Nathan

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-1965

Related information

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