Mukluk Island

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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Place ID: 19893
Name ID: 138318

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Small, boot-shaped island in the Donskiye Islands group located off Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. It is the largest island west of Redfern Island.

Named For

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.

Location

Latitude:
68° 36' 57.0" S
-68.61583°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
77° 52' 11.0" E
77.86972°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills 1:25000 Topographic Dataset
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
1:25,000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
14-Aug-2018

Related information

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