Feature Name (see definition): Sheehan Islands

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13685

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 22' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 059° 46' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.3666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 59.7666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): Group of small islands lying at the SE side of Islay in the William Scoresby Archipelago. Discovered on Feb. 18, 1931, by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson. He named one of the group Sheehan Nunatak after H.H. Sheehan, Asst. Secretary to the Treasury, who was Secretary of the Australian Antarctic Committee of British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE). British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) erroneously charted Sheehan Nunatak as lying behind the coastline. The insularity of the group was determined by DI personnel on the William Scoresby on Feb. 27, 1936. The islands were more fully mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition in January and February 1937.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data