{"id":1933,"date":"2016-08-17T19:48:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T19:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2016-08-17T19:52:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T19:52:47","slug":"state-president-swart-peak-becomes-mascarin-naming-and-renaming-the-geographical-features-of-marion-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/2016\/08\/17\/state-president-swart-peak-becomes-mascarin-naming-and-renaming-the-geographical-features-of-marion-island\/","title":{"rendered":"State President Swart Peak becomes Mascarin: naming (and renaming) the geographical features of Marion Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elwyn Jenkins (Department of English Studies<\/a>, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa) has published in the South African Geographical Journal<\/em><\/a> on the derivations of some of the names accorded to geographical features at Marion Island, including the renaming of the island\u2019s two highest peaks.<\/p>\n

The paper\u2019s abstract follows:<\/p>\n

\u201cJules Verne, in his novel The Mysterious Island<\/em>, depicts how people draw on various sources to name geographical features on an uninhabited island. \u00a0This provides a model for analysing the names of Marion Island and its geographical features, which can be compared with the typology of the Australian National Placenames Survey (ANPS). \u00a0A brief history of the naming of Marion Island itself precedes an account of the sources of the names for its features. \u00a0There are similarities and differences between the kinds of sources used on Verne\u2019s island, Marion Island, and the South African mainland and in the ANPS typology. \u00a0Developments in recording the names on Marion Island and placing them on a map are described. \u00a0Since 2001, public reaction to pre-democratic naming practices in South Africa has influenced practices related to Marion Island.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Karoo Kop, Marion Island, photograph by Daniel Kotze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Feature photograph: Ship’s Cove, Marion Island with Abseil and Dragon Rocks, photograph by Andr\u00e9 Botha<\/p>\n

References:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenkins, E.R. 2007. Falling into place: The story of modern South African place names<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0David Philip: Cape Town.<\/p>\n

Jenkins, E.[R.] 2016.\u00a0 The naming of uninhabited islands: Jules Verne\u2019s The Mysterious Island<\/em> and Marion Island.\u00a0 South African Geographical Journal<\/em>\u00a0 DOI: 10.1080\/03736245.2016.1211032<\/a>.<\/p>\n

John Cooper, Principal Investigator, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 17 August 2016<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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