Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/14176
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishWedgwood PointSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
EnglishAzufre PointSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishAzufre, puntaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishPedro, PuntaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Point 
Latitude 65° 3' 0" S (-65.05°)  
Longitude 63° 39' 0" W (-63.65°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): Point lying 3 mi SE of Cape Renard on the S side of Flandres Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. First charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Charted by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition (1954) and named Punta Azufre (sulfur point) (http://www.geoscience.scar.org/meetings/shanghai/cga_letter_a.pdf / http://geonames.usgs.gov).    
Belgica information (es): En bahía Flandes, costa occidental de la península Antártica. Gran Bretaña utiliza el nombre "Wedgwood" para denominarla. La Argentina usa el topónimo descriptivo "Azufre" desde 1957. SHN carta H-715 (http://www.geoscience.scar.org/meetings/shanghai/cga_letter_a.pdf).    
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Edit history Last edited on 2006-04-06 14:59:04 by Deckers Pieter
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