Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/12564
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishCanty PointSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishCanty, puntaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Point 
Latitude 64° 45' 0" S (-64.75°)  
Longitude 63° 32' 0" W (-63.5333333°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): Point forming the W side of the entrance to Borgen Bay on the SE coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Roughly charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1955. Named by the UK-APC for John Canty of FIDS, radio operator/mechanic at the Arthur Harbor Station in 1955 and a member of the sledging party which visited the point. 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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