Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Jensen Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Jensen 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.
A small rocky island off the coast of Kemp Land, about 4.5 km north-west of Cape Boothby. The island was visited in February, 1975, by men from the ANARE expedition ship MV Nella Dan and an astrofix position obtained. Named after the Master of the MV Nella Dan on many occasions, Captain John Brench Jensen.
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