Name details

Croix Prud'homme

Croix Prud'homme (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Croix Prud'homme  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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France Gazetteer Id 107262

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

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

Narrative

Monument situé au point culminant du cap des Barres sur la côte ouest de l'île des Pétrels dans l'archipel de Pointe-Géologie ; érigé en la mémoire et sur les lieux présumés de la disparition, le 8 janvier 1959, d'André Prud'homme (1920-1959), ingénieur de la Météorologie nationale.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 39' 41.0" S
-66.66139°
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Longitude:
140° 00' 15.0" E
140.00417°
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Altitude:
17 m
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1959

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