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)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
Showing all 4 place names.
| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hansen Island (GBR) | 67° 06' 00.0" S | 67° 36' 00.0" W | Island |
|
Name ID: 109196
Place ID: 5976
at head of Hanusse Bay, Loubet Coast, N of The Gullet and between Tickle Channel and Gunnel Channel, was seen from the air by BGLE, 25 February 1936, and roughly surveyed from the ground by that expedition in July 1936; called North Island in association with earlier names for Day Island (q.v.) and Wyatt Island (q.v.) (Rymill and others, 1938, p.141). Isla Tegualda, so called by CAE probably after a member of the expedition (Chile. DNH chart LII, 1947). Following resurvey by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1948, the island was named Hansen Island after Leganger H. Hansen (1883-1948), Manager, Messrs Christian Salvesen's South Georgia Whaling Company station, Leith Harbour, South Georgia, 1916-37, who assisted BGLE (APC, 1955, p.11; BA, 1956, p.76; chart 3570, 21.ix.1957). Isla Hansen (Argentina. MM chart 132, 1960; Pierrou, 1970, p.415; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.148). [Hansen Point, South Georgia, is also named after L.H. Hansen (Hattersley-Smith, 1980b, p.45).] |
|||
| Hansen Island (USA) | 67° 06' 00.0" S | 67° 37' 00.0" W | Island |
|
Name ID: 126176
Place ID: 5976
Island 6 mi long and 3 mi wide, lying immediately N of The Gullet at the head of Hanusse Bay, off the W coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill, who used the provisional name North Island for this feature. The island was resurveyed in 1948 by the FIDS, and was renamed in 1954 by the UK-APC for Leganger H. Hansen, manager at Messrs. Chr. Salvesen's whaling station at Leith Harbor, South Georgia, 1916-37, who gave great assistance to the BGLE, 1934-37. |
|||
| Hansen, isla (ARG) | 67° 09' 00.0" S | 67° 36' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 101107 Place ID: 5976 | |||
| Hansen, Isla (CHL) | 67° 07' 00.0" S | 67° 36' 00.0" W | Island |
|
Name ID: 105661
Place ID: 5976
Fue primero levantada en 1936 por la Expedición Antártica Inglesa al mando del comandante John Rymill, quien le dio el nombre provisional de isla Norte. Fue levantada nuevamente en 1948 por el FIDS y relevantada por Leganger H. Hansen de la estación ballenera de Salvesen en bahía Leith, de Georgia del Sur, 1916-1937, quien brindó gran asistencia al BGLE, 1934-1937. Isla de más o menos 4 millas de largo por 1,5 milla de ancho, situada inmediata al N de angostura Gullet, al fondo del saco de bahía Hanusse, en la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
|||
Showing all 4 place names.