After whom is herschel island named?

Arctic

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-323

  Burn, C R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caroline herschel; Herschel island; John franklin; John herschel; William herschel; Yukon territory

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; ISLAND; PLACE NAME;

EID: 70349553948     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic152     Document Type: Article

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