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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Murray Islands (RUS) 60° 47' 00.0" S 44° 31' 00.0" W Island
Name ID: 119557 Place ID: 9999

Murray Islands (GBR) 60° 46' 00.0" S 44° 30' 00.0" W Island
Name ID: 110278 Place ID: 9999

SSE of Cape Whitson, Laurie Island, were roughly charted by Brisbane (under the direction of Weddell) in January 1823 and named Murrys [sic] Islands, probably after James Murray, maker of the marine chronometer used by Weddell (Weddell, 1825a, map facing p.25). Murrys Inseln (Weddell, 1827, third end map). Murray Islands (Powell, chart, 1831; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1959a, p.9). IÎles Murray (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170). Iles Murroys [sic] (Vincendon-Dumoulin, atlas, 1847, Pl.43). Îles Murrays [sic] (Vincendon-Dumoulin, 1851, p. 25). Murray Inseln (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). The islands were surveyed by SNAE, 23 September 1903. Murray Isles (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]). Morray [sic] Islands (Sørlle, chart, 1912). Murrai [sic] Island (Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913). Murray Islets (BA, 1916, p.411; APC, 1955, p.15). Islotes Murray (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.437). Murray Öya (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). The islands were recharted by DI in 1933. Murray Islet (France. SHM, 1937, p.387). Isla Murray (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.45). Islas Murray (Moneta, 1951, end map [1]). Murrys [sic] Isles, as rejected form (USBGN, 1956, p.220).

Murray Islands (USA) 60° 47' 00.0" S 44° 31' 00.0" W Island
Name ID: 129228 Place ID: 9999

Group of small islands 1.2 mi SE of Cape Whitson, off the S coast of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered in 1823 by Matthew Brisbane, who explored the S coast of Laurie Island under the direction of James Weddell. The name "Murrys Islands" appears on Weddell's chart, but the islands are probably named for James Murray of London, maker of the chronometers used on Weddell's voyage.

Murray, islotes (ARG) 60° 46' 00.0" S 44° 30' 00.0" W Island
Name ID: 101635 Place ID: 9999

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