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)
Wyatt Earp Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Wyatt Earp Islands (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 small group of islands and rocks off the northern extremity of the Vestfold Hills, about 1 km north of Walkabout Rocks. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Nxrsteholman by the Norwegian cartographers. On 9 January, 1939, a landing was made by Sir Rubert Wilkins at nearby Walkabout rocks from the Wyatt Earp, after which the islands were renamed.
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