Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/13144
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishStrath PointSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishLagrange, CaboSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Point 
Latitude 64° 32' 0" S (-64.5333333°)  
Longitude 62° 36' 0" W (-62.6°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): Low ice-covered point forming the S end of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Roughly charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. The name is descriptive; "strath" means a stretch of flat land by the sea or a broad river valley. 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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