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| English | Auguste Island | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
| French | Ile Auguste | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
| Spanish | Augusto, Islote | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
| Dutch | Eiland Auguste | Beeckman, N. (1988). Belgica: de eerste overwintering in Antarctica 1897-1899 = Belgica: le premier hivernage premier hivernage dans l'Antarctique 1897-1899. North Sea Society: Antwerpen. 77 pp. (look up in IMIS) |
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| Latitude |
64° 3' 0" S (-64.05°) |
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63° 37' 0" W (-63.6166667°) |
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SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ |
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Belgica information (nl): Auguste was de naam van de vader van Adrien de Gerlache |
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Belgica information (en): 23/09/1960 - Island E of Liège Island, Palmer Archipelago. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BeAE), January 1898; named Île Auguste after Col. Théophile Adrien Auguste de Gerlache de Gomery (1832-1901), father of the Commander of BeAE (BEL map 1899). Auguste Island (GBR 1900; GBR chart 1901 & gaz. 1960) (http://www.geoscience.scar.org/meetings/shanghai/cga_letter_a.pdf). |
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Belgica information (en): A flat-topped island less than 1 mi long, lying 4 mi NE of Two Hummock Island in Gerlache Strait. Discovered by the BelgAE (1897-99) under Lt. Adrien de Gerlache, and named by him for his father (http://www.geoscience.scar.org/meetings/shanghai/cga_letter_a.pdf / http://geonames.usgs.gov). |
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Belgica information (en): A flat-topped island less than 2 km long, lying 13 km NE of Two Hummock Island in de Gerlache Strait. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-1899) under Lt. Adrien de Gerlache, and named by him for his father. |
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Belgica information (fr): Ile de sommet plat, de longueur inférieure à 2 km, située à quelque 10 km au nord-est de l’île Two Hummock dans le détroit de Gerlache. Découverte par l’expédition belge en Antarctique de 1897-1899 sous le commandement du Lt Adrien de Gerlache et baptisée par lui en l’honneur de son père. |
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Belgica information (nl): Dit vlakke eiland is minder dan 2 km lang. Het ligt 10 km ten noordoosten van Two Hummock Eiland in de Gerlache Straat. De Belgische Antarctica expeditie (1897-1899) ontdekte het en luitenant Adrien de Gerlache noemde het naar zijn vader. |
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Last edited on 2010-08-03 10:27:19 by Renders Daan
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