Olson Island

Olson Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Olson Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 10609
Name ID: 139932

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

The largest and northernmost of the ice-covered White Islands in southern Sulzberger Bay, west of Kind Edward VII Land.

Named For

The feature is rudely delineated on the map of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30, and is indicated as 'low ice cliffs' that rise above the ice shelf in this part of the bay. Mapped in detail by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named for Michael L. Olson, U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station, winter party 1968, and a member of the Plateau Station summer party, 1968-69.

Location

Latitude:
77° 13' 21.8" S
-77.22271°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
153° 09' 34.5" W
-153.15957°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
170 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 18_24 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at top of island

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Jul-1971

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