Charlton Island

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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Place ID: 2553
Name ID: 832

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:

Narrative

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.  

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 13' 30.4" S
-66.22511°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
110° 09' 07.9" E
110.15219°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
33 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©David Smith 2005
Catalogue id
IA16630
Caption
Charlton Island from the south-west
Photographer
Smith, David

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Windmill Islands 1:50000 GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Wind50K
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
4-Jul-1961

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