Wynn Knolls

Wynn Knolls (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Wynn Knolls  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 17837
Name ID: 135406

Feature type: Knoll

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Series of small knolls W of Jane Col, Signy Island. Surveyed by FIDS 1947-50. Photographed from the air by Royal Navy 1968. Named for Dr David D. Wynn-Williams, terrestrial microbiologist at BAS (1975 - 2002) who was a major contributor to work at the site and to Antarctic research generally (APC, 2004).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 41' 57.0" S
-60.69917°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
45° 38' 09.0" W
-45.63583°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
29-Sep-1904

Related information

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