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)
Slon Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Slon 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:
Slon Island lies due north of Filla Island in the Rauer Group and is separated from it by less than 100 m of water in several places. The island is low-lying and irregularly shaped, with a maximum height of about 20 m. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.
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