Hop Island

Hop Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hop Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 6579
Name ID: 853

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

A rocky island about 1 km south-west of Filla Island in the Rauer Group. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Hopøy.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 49' 43.0" S
-68.82861°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
77° 42' 07.6" E
77.70211°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
59 m
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1998
Catalogue id
IA28308
Caption
Aerial photo of Hop Island taken using a Zeiss UMK 1318 aerial camera.
Photographer
Brolsma, Henk

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
20-Aug-1957

Related information

Biodiversity
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Place names
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