Name details

Brialmont Cove

Brialmont Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Brialmont Cove  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107945

Feature type: Cove

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

between Charles Point and Spring Point, Danco Coast, was roughly charted by BeAE on 24 January 1898; named Baie Brialmont or Baie de Brialmont after Lieut. Gen. Alexis-Henri Brialmont (1821-1903), Belgian military engineer; member of the Acad'mie Royale de Belgique, who was appointed first President of the Commission de la Belgica in December 1899 (Lecointe, map, 1899; Gerlache, 1900b, p.466). Brialmont Bay (BA chart 1238, viii.1900). Baia Brialmont (Gerlache, 1902a). Brialmontbucht (Skottsberg, 1912, p.8). Brialmont Cove (BA chart 3175, 31.x.1921; APC, 1955, p.6; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). Brialmont B. (HA chart, 1928). Caleta Brialmont (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947; IHA, 1974, p.55). Bah

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 16' 00.0" S
-64.26667°
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Longitude:
60° 59' 00.0" W
-60.98333°
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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:
8-Sep-1953

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