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)
Charlton Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Charlton 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:
The westernmost of the Frazier Islands, off the Budd Coast. The island was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Its position was fixed by an ANARE party, on 21 January 1956. Named by USACAN after chief electronics technician F E Charlton, USN, a member of the Wilkes station party in 1957.
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