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)
Mukluk Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mukluk 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.
Small, boot-shaped island in the Donskiye Islands group located off Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. It is the largest island west of Redfern Island.
Mukluk, a soft boot traditionally made by Inuit peoples from sealskin, was a style of footwear worn by ANARE during many decades of mapping and exploration.
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