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)
Nickols Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Nickols 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 prominent, steep-sided rock island in Sandefjord Bay, about 24 km WNW of Mount Caroline Mikkelseen. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Instøy (Inner Island). The island was visited many times by members of the ANARE Amery Ice Shelf party and the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains party in January-February, 1969. Named after A H F Nickols, electronics engineer with the Amery Ice Shelf party (1968).
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