Name details

Bonert Rock

Bonert Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bonert Rock  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107867

Feature type: Rock

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

the larger of two rocks rising 6m above sea level, SE of Spark Point, Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island, was charted by CAE, 1947, and called Isla del Campo [=camp island] (Vila Labra, 1947, map p.201); later named Islote Bonert after Capt. (C) Federico Bonert Holzappel, Second-in-command of the transport ship Angamos on CAE, 1950-51, and formerly a member of USAS (Chile. DNH chart 500, 1951; IHA, 1974, p.50). Islote Capitán Bonert (Chile. DNH chart 1405, 1961). Bonert Rock, following recharting by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit in January-February 1964 (BA, 1965, p.30; chart 1774, 19.vii.1968; APC, 1974, p.3).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 27' 02.2" S
-62.45061°
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Longitude:
59° 42' 56.5" W
-59.71569°
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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:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Nov-1971

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