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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/13563 |
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| Names |
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| English | Anagram Islands | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
| Spanish | Anagrama, Islotes | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
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Archipelago |
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| Latitude |
65° 12' 0" S (-65.2°) |
| Longitude |
64° 21' 0" W (-64.35°) |
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SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ |
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Belgica information (en): 07/07/1959 - Group of islands SW of French Passage, Graham Coast, and NW of the Argentine Islands; includes Maranga Island and Nob Island. First sighted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1898, roughly surveyed by the French Antarctic Expeditions 1903-05 and 1908-10 and called in error Île Roca (FRA 1908). Resurveyed by BGLE and called in error Rocca Islands (GBR 1938). Following further survey by RN 1957-58, renamed Anagram Islands, in reference to the previous transposition of names (GBR gaz. 1959) (http://www.geoscience.scar.org/meetings/shanghai/cga_letter_a.pdf). |
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Belgica information (en): Group of small islands and rocks lying between Roca Islands and Argentine Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. The area was charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99, the FrAE under Charcot, 1903-05 and 1908-10, and the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37, and the names Argentine, Roca and Cruls variously applied to the four island groups on the S side of French Passage. The islands were mapped in detail by the FIDS from photos taken from the helicopter of HMS Protector and from information obtained by the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1958 and the three names positioned as originally given by the Belgian and French expeditions.
The remaining island group was named Anagram Islands by the UK-APC in 1959, anagram meaning a transposition of parts (http://www.geoscience.scar.org/meetings/shanghai/cga_letter_a.pdf / http://geonames.usgs.gov). |
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Last edited on 2014-08-19 09:07:05 by Vancraeynest Freek
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