Nygren Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Nygren Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point
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:
W entrance point of Carlsson Bay, James Ross Island, was roughly mapped by SwAE in October 1903 and named Kap Nygren after C. Nygren, Swedish chemist who contributed towards the cost of the expedition (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol.1, end map). Cape Nygren (Nordenskjöld and others, 1905, map facing p.316; BA chart 3205, 31.x.1921; DCS 9 sheet B, 1948). Cabo Nygren (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904-05, Tomo 1, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.557). Cap Nygren (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1). Kapp Nygren (HA chart, 1928). The point was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in September 1952. Nygren Point (USHO, 1956, p.83; APC, 1958, p.6; BAS 250 sheet SQ 21-22/1 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1974). Punta Nygren (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.221; IHA, 1974, p.214).
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