Herring Island

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

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

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Place ID: 6306
Name ID: 918

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

An island in the southern part of the Windmill Islands. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Lieutenant C.C. Herring, USN, photographic officer with USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).  

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 24' 22.3" S
-66.40619°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
110° 38' 00.0" E
110.63331°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
82 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1998
Catalogue id
3431C1
Photographer
Dixon, Grant

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

Related information

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