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)
Giganteus Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Giganteus 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.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An island at the north-west corner of the Rookery Islands off the coast of Mac.Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).
A giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus) rookery was discovered on the island by ANARE in December, 1958, hence the name.
No images of this place could be found.
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