Name details

Steepholm

Steepholm (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Steepholm  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111381

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

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:

Narrative

between Matthews Island and Skilling Island, Robertson Islands (q.v.), off Coronation Island. The group of three small islands immediately S of Matthews Island were charted by Sørlle, 1912-13, and called descriptively Bratholm (Sørlle, chart, 1912; BA, 1930, p.52), later corrected to Brattholmene [=steep islets] (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). Following survey by FIDS from Signy, 1948-49, the S-most and largest of the three islands was named Steepholm (APC, 1955, p.20; DOS 510 South Orkney Island, West Sheet, 1963).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 46' 00.0" S
-60.76667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
45° 09' 00.0" W
-45.15000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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