Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/11583
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishBruce IslandSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishBruce, islaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Island 
Latitude 64° 54' 0" S (-64.9°)  
Longitude 63° 8' 0" W (-63.1333333°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): An island lying 0.5 mi off the SW corner of Bryde Island in Gerlache Strait. Discovered and mapped by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Lt. Adrien de Gerlache. The name was first used by Scottish geologist David Ferguson, who made a geological reconnaissance in this vicinity from the whalecatcher Hanka in 1913. http://geonames.usgs.gov    
Relation 
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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