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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/9920 |
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| English | Piccard Cove | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
| Spanish | Piccard, caleta | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
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Cove |
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| Latitude |
64° 44' 0" S (-64.7333333°) |
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62° 16' 0" W (-62.2666667°) |
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SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ |
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Belgica information (en): Cove forming the southernmost part of Wilhelmina Bay, along the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist, stratosphere pioneer who reached a height of 9.5 mi in a hydrogen-filled balloon in 1931. http://geonames.usgs.gov |
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Last edited on 2006-04-06 14:59:04 by Deckers Pieter
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