Name details

Castillo, Roca

Castillo, Roca (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Castillo, Roca  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Chile Gazetteer Id 105292

Feature type: Building (2b)

Origin

This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Este es un nombre descriptivo que data aproximadamente desde 1822 y su empleo se ha establecido internacionalmente. El nombre original fue roca Castle y de él proviene esta traducción aplicada desde 1947 por el Instituto Hidrográfico de la Armada de Chile para aprovechar su condición de nombre descriptivo. Roca cuadrada de color negro y de forma muy característica, de 175 metros de altura, situada a 1,5 milla al W de la isla Snow, islas Shetland del Sur.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 48' 00.0" S
-62.80000°
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Longitude:
61° 33' 00.0" W
-61.55000°
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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:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
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