Curtis Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Curtis Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
off Holtedahl Bay, Graham Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1957 and charted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Protector in 1957-58; named after Robin Curtis (b. 1933), FIDS geologist, "Prospect Point", 1957-58, who was attached to the Survey Unit (APC, 1959a, p.5; BA chart 3573, 26.viii.1960). Islotes Halcón, referring to this island and a smaller island to W after a corvette in Almte G. Brown's squadron in 1814 (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter H).
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