Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Van Hulssen Island (AUS) | 67° 33' 15.8" S | 62° 43' 05.2" E | Island |
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Name ID: 867
Place ID: 15299
A low island, one of a group of ten small islands, about 9 km north-west of Mawson. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). The island was included in a triangulation survey carried out by Robert Dovers, officer-in-charge at Mawson in 1954. In 1955, an ANARE party landed there and established an automatic meteorological station. |
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| Van Hulssen Island (USA) | 67° 33' 00.0" S | 62° 43' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 133129
Place ID: 15299
A small island lying 3 mi NW of Flat Islands in Holme Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and perhaps included in the scattered islands which they called Ytterskjera. Van Hulssen Island was included in a triangulation carried out by ANARE in 1954, and in 1955 a party established an automatic meteorological station there. Named by ANCA for F.A. Van Hulssen, radio station supervisor at Mawson Station in 1955. |
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