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)
Beaver Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Beaver 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:
An island about 7 km long and 4 km wide, rising to 567 m above sea level, on the southern flank of Beaver Glacier in Amundsen Bay. Discovered by an ANARE party led by Peter W Crohn who visited it in October, 1956. So named because of its proximity to Beaver Glacier.
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