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)
Keel Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Keel 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:
A small island about 3 km long and 1.5 km wide, on the eastern side of Stafansson Bay about 2 km south of Fold Island. Visited by an ANARE party led by Peter W. Crohn in 1956.
Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Kjolen (The Keel).
No images of this place could be found.
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