Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/17223
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishDemaria MountSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
FrenchSommet DemariaU.S. Board on Geographic Names   
EnglishDemaria PeakU.S. Board on Geographic Names   
PlaceType Mount 
Latitude 65° 16' 58.8" S (-65.283°)  
Longitude 64° 7' 58.8" W (-64.133°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): Mountain with precipitous sides, 635 m, rising immediately SE of Cape Tuxen on the W coast of Graham Land. Probably first sighted by the BelgAE, 1897-99. Charted by the FrAE, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for the Demaria brothers, French developers of an anastigmatic lens used by the expedition's photographic section.http://geonames.usgs.gov    
Relation 
Part of  Graham Land (Peninsula)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2007-12-13 08:38:01 by De Hauwere Nathalie
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