MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/13634 |
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Name |
Name source |
English | Ferguson Channel | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
English | Argentino Channel | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
Spanish | Argentino, canal | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
Spanish | Lautaro, Canal | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
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Latitude |
64° 54' 0" S (-64.9°) |
Longitude |
63° 0' 0" W (-63°) |
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Source |
SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ |
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Notes |
Belgica information (en): Channel between Bryde Island and the W coast of Graham Land, connecting Paradise Harbor with Gerlache Strait. First roughly charted by the BelgAE, 1897-99. The name "Canal Argentino" appears for the feature on an Argentine government chart of 1950 (http://www.geoscience.scar.org/meetings/shanghai/cga_letter_a.pdf / http://geonames.usgs.gov). |
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Edit history |
Last edited on 2006-04-06 14:59:04 by Deckers Pieter
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