Name details

Inaccessible Islands

Inaccessible Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Inaccessible Islands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 136112

Feature type: Island (5)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Group of small precipituous islands ranging from 120 to 215 m high, the westernmost features of the South Orkney Islands, lying 20 mi W of Coronation Island. Discovered in December 1821 by Capt. George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop sealer in the sloop James Monroe, though it is possible they are the Seal Islands seen by Palmer a year earlier. So named by Powell because of their appearance of inaccessibility.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 34' 00.0" S
-60.56667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
46° 44' 00.0" W
-46.73333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
215 m
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:
1-Jan-1947

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