Name details

Bongrain Point

Bongrain Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bongrain Point  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107869

Feature type: Point

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

S entrance point of Dalgliesh Bay, Pourquoi Pas Island, was roughly charted by FAE, 1908-10, and called Cap Lainez after M.L. Lainez (Lainez Point, q.v.) (Charcot, 1912, Pl. 2); surveyed in 1936 by BGLE who misapplied the FAE name to the N entrance point of the bay, now Lainez Point (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.432). Punta Yungay after the Chilean town, following CAE, 1947 (Chile. DNH chart LIII, 1947). The point was resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in September 1948; named Cape Bongrain after M. Bongrain (Bongrain Ice Piedmont, q.v.) (APC, 1955, p.6; BA, 1956, p.78); following further survey by FIDS from "Sally Cove" in 1957, renamed Bongrain Point (APC, 1960, p.3; BA, 1977, p.7; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978). Cabo Bongrain (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.196; IHA, 1974, p.50). Cabo Barracas, so called by AAE after the river boat of the Argentine naval squadron, c.1810 (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter B). Punta Bongrain (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 8)

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 43' 00.0" S
-67.71667°
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Longitude:
67° 48' 00.0" W
-67.80000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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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:
31-Mar-1955

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