Mills Island

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

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

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Place ID: 18724
Name ID: 2608

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

A small island about 3 km south-west of Cook Island.

Named For

Graeme Mills was the Antarctic Division Plant Inspector responsible for the traverse equipment on the 1990 traverse to the Larsemann Hills and has wintered a number of times.

Location

Latitude:
69° 24' 47.9" S
-69.41331°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
75° 56' 42.0" E
75.94500°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Rick Oates 2009
Catalogue id
IA21807
Caption
Mills Island, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking West.
Photographer
Oates, Rick

Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
12-Mar-1992

Related information

Biodiversity
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Place names
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