Name details

Cape Collier

Collier, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cape Collier  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108259

Feature type: Cape

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

N entrance point of Smith Inlet, Wilkins Coast, was photographed from the air and surveyed from the ground by USAS in December 1940; named after Zadick Collier, mechanic at the expedition's "East Base" (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.7; BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/12, 1-DOS 1976); resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in November 1947. Cabo Collier (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.328; Pierrou, 1970, p.254; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.80). Mys Kollier (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 13' 00.0" S
-70.21667°
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Longitude:
61° 53' 00.0" W
-61.88333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Jan-1953

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