Composite Antarctic Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/13312
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishNansen IslandSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
FrenchNansen, IleSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
DutchNansen eilandFederaal wetenschapsbeleid (2008). Four maps representing Belgian toponyms in Antarctica. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. (look up in IMIS)   
SpanishNansen, IslaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishNansen Sur, islaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Island 
Latitude 64° 35' 0" S (-64.5833333°)  
Longitude 62° 5' 0" W (-62.0833333°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): The largest of the islands lying in Wilhelmina Bay off the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99, and named for Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, noted Arctic explorer. http://geonames.usgs.gov    
Belgica information (en): The largest of the islands lying in Wilhelmina Bay off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-1899, and named for Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, famous Norvegian Polar explorer.    
Belgica information (fr): La plus grande des îles de la baie Wilhelmina au large de la côte ouest de la Terre de Graham. Découverte par l’expédition belge en Antarctique de 1897-1899 sous le commandement d’Adrien de Gerlache et baptisée en l’honneur du Dr Fridtjof Nansen, célèbre explorateur polaire norvégien.    
Belgica information (nl): Het grootste eiland in de Wilhelmina Baai voor de westkust van Graham Land. De Belgische Antarctica expeditie (1897-1899) onder leiding van Adrien de Gerlache ontdekte het eiland en noemde het naar Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, de beroemde Noorse poolonderzoeker.    
Relation 
Part of  Wilhelmina Bay (Bay)  [view hierarchy]   
Map
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