Name details

Kirkwood, Islotes

Kirkwood, Islotes (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Kirkwood, Islotes  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Chile Gazetteer Id 105772

Feature type: Island (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

Los islotes fueron avistados en el año 1949 desde el barco del FIDS, John Biscoe hizo un rápido levantamiento de ellos, desde el barco en 1950. Reciben su nombre en honor al comodoro Henry Kirkwood de la Real Armada, comandante del "John Biscoe" en esa época. Islotes dispersos de arrecifes y rocas con un gran islote situados en el centro de bahía Margarita y aproximadamente 25 millas al NE de las rocas Flyspot y 16 millas al SSW de los islotes Faure.

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Location

Latitude:
68° 22' 00.0" S
-68.36667°
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Longitude:
69° 00' 00.0" W
-69.00000°
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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 Person:
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Source Publisher:
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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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