Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/9723
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishIcarus PointSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
EnglishCañón PointSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishCañón, puntaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Point 
Latitude 64° 34' 0" S (-64.5666667°)  
Longitude 61° 54' 0" W (-61.9°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): Point marking the SW side of the entrance to Bancroft Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. First roughly charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1954. 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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