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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/12533 |
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| English | Eckener Point | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
| Spanish | Eckener, cabo | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
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| Latitude |
64° 25' 0" S (-64.4166667°) |
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61° 37' 0" W (-61.6166667°) |
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SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ |
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Belgica information (en): Point marking the NE side of the entrance to Charlotte Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. First roughly charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Hugo Eckener (1868-1954), German pioneer of airship aviation, president of Aeroarctic, an international society for exploration of the Arctic with airships, 1929-37, who piloted the Graf Zeppelin for more than 600 flights including a major Arctic flight in 1931. http://geonames.usgs.gov |
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Last edited on 2006-04-06 14:59:04 by Deckers Pieter
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