Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/13215
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishSpallanzani PointSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishSpallanzani, puntaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishHarry, PuntaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Point 
Latitude 64° 8' 0" S (-64.1333333°)  
Longitude 62° 0' 0" W (-62°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): Point forming the N side of the entrance to Hill Bay and the E tip of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Probably first seen by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache. Mapped in 1959 from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the UK-APC for Lazaro Spallanzani (1729-1799), Italian physiologist who first interpreted the process of digestion in 1780. 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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