MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/14176 |
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Names |
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Name |
Name source |
English | Wedgwood Point | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
English | Azufre Point | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
Spanish | Azufre, punta | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
Spanish | Pedro, Punta | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
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Point |
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Latitude |
65° 3' 0" S (-65.05°) |
Longitude |
63° 39' 0" W (-63.65°) |
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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): 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). |
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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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Last edited on 2006-04-06 14:59:04 by Deckers Pieter
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