Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/9699
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishPinel PointSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishPinel, puntaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Point 
Latitude 64° 21' 0" S (-64.35°)  
Longitude 62° 12' 0" W (-62.2°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): Point lying 5 mi NE of D'Ursel Point on the E side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First roughly charted by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for Philippe Pinel (1745-1826), French physician who held advanced views on investigation of disease and first succeeded in abolishing severe physical restraints on mental cases, in 1796. http://geonames.usgs.gov    
Relation 
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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