Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/13597
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
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Language Name Name source
EnglishPatcha PointSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Point 
Latitude 64° 37' 0" S (-64.6166667°)  
Longitude 62° 8' 0" W (-62.1333333°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): The S end of Nansen Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Jan Patcha, helicopter pilot with the FIDASE which photographed this area in 1956-57. 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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