Name details

Useless Island

Useless Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Useless Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 140279

Feature type: Mountain

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.

Narrative

Low, rocky island about 300 metres long. About 100 metres east of Useful Island, and west of Rongé Island, Gerlache Strait.

Named For

Named in association with the larger Useful Island, immediately to the west.

Location

Latitude:
64° 43' 03.0" S
-64.71750°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 51' 56.0" W
-62.86556°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Landsat-8 image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
Source Identifier:
https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
Source Scale:
1:30 m resolution
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
UK APC
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-Jun-2017

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