Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/11272
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishBrabazon PointSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishBrabazón, puntaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Point 
Latitude 64° 23' 0" S (-64.3833333°)  
Longitude 61° 16' 0" W (-61.2666667°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): Point forming the E side of the entrance to Salvesen Cove, on the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for John T.C. Moore-Brabazon, First Baron Brabazon of Tara, pioneer British aviator, the first British subject to fly an airplane in the British Isles, in April 1909, and responsible for the R.F.C. Photographic Section during World War I and for the development of aerial photography. http://geonames.usgs.gov    
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Part of  Southern Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2006-04-06 14:59:04 by Deckers Pieter
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