Name details

Grunden, Rocas

Grunden, Rocas (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Grunden, Rocas  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Chile Gazetteer Id 105636

Feature type: Rock (5)

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

Descubiertas por la Expedición Antártica Sueca de 1901-1904, al mando de Otto Nordenskjöld. Fueron denominadas en 1945 por el FIDS, en honor del marinero Thoralf Grunden, miembro de la expedición sueca, que invernó en bahía Hope en 1903. Actualmente, se denomina Grunden a la mayor del grupo, donde se encuentra instalada la baliza luminosa colocada por el Gobierno Argentino. Roca de aproximadamente 12 metros de altura rodeada de un grupo de rocas más pequeñas que cierran por el E a caleta Hut en el extremo SE de la entrada a bahía Hope en el extremo NE de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.

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Location

Latitude:
63° 24' 00.0" S
-63.40000°
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Longitude:
56° 58' 00.0" W
-56.96667°
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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 Institution:
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Source Person:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

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Date approved:
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