Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/13370
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishSherlac PointSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
FrenchCap CharlesU.S. Board on Geographic Names   
PlaceType Point 
Latitude 64° 44' 0" S (-64.7333333°)  
Longitude 62° 40' 0" W (-62.6666667°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): Point at the SE end of Ronge Island, off the W coast of Graham Land. First charted and named "Cap Charles" by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. To avoid confusion with Charles Point in Hughes Bay, an anagram of the name was adopted by the UK-APC in 1960. 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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