SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Granatovaya Sopka Island

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

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

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Place ID: 5580
Name ID: 787

Feature type: Island

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Granatovaja sopka, ostrov (Russia)

Narrative

An island in Rybii Khvost Gulf 1.8 km north-west of Cape Eolovyj in the Bunger Hills. It is about 450 m in length and 150 m at its widest point. The highest point is 22 m. The island was charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

66° 14' 19.6" S

-66.23878°

Accurate to 50m

Longitude:

100° 45' 03.1" E

100.75086°

Accurate to 50m

Altitude:

22 m

Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Satellite Image

Source Name:

Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)

Source Identifier:

LIMA_E164_CIR_432_1X

Source Scale:

1:10000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

7-Mar-1991

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