Name details

Cape Adriasola

Adriasola, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cape Adriasola  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107458

Feature type: Cape

Origin

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:

Narrative

SW point of Adelaide Island, was charted by FAE, 1908-10, in January 1909, and named Cap Adriasola after M. Adriasola, of Punta Arenas, who assisted the expedition (Charcot, 1910, p.365). The name Cape Loubet (Loubet Coast, q.v.) had previously been applied to an indefinite SW point (BA chart 1238, ix.1908). Adriasola Cape, with feature poorly defined (BA chart 3175, 9.x.1914). Kapp Adriasola (HA chart, 1927). Cape Andriasola [sic] (USHO, 1943, p.156). Cape Adriasola, with feature poorly defined (BA chart 3196, 12.x.1948; APC, 1955, p.4). Cabo Adriasola (Chile. IGM map, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.149; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.19). Cabo Adriosola [sic] (Argentina. IGM map 3762, 1958). Mys Adriasola (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The feature was recharted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from John Biscoe in 1963 and identified as a distinctive ice-cliffed cape (APC, 1964, p.2; BA chart 3577, 14.viii.1964).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 39' 00.0" S
-67.65000°
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Longitude:
69° 10' 00.0" W
-69.16667°
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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:
8-Sep-1953

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