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)
Jongens Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Jongens Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Named for Sjoerd Jongens engineer (electronics and communications) member of the over wintering parties at Mawson (1980) and Macquarie Island (1986) for the Australian Antarctic Division and at World Park Base (1988) for Greenpeace International. Sjoerd cared deeply about the Antarctic and maintained a continuing interest in Antarctica and Antarctic research and was concerned about the over exploitation of its resources. He participated in several Greenpeace campaigns at sea to stop whaling in Antarctic waters. The island for which his name is proposed is visible from Béchervaise Island near Mawson Station and it is likely Sjoerd would have seen it.
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