Buchanan Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Buchanan Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point
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:
NE coast of Laurie Island, between Cape Valavielle and Cape Dundas. Following survey by SNAE in 1903, the name Cape Vallavielle [sic] was erroneously applied to this feature and the name Cape Buchanan, after John Young Buchanan (1844-1925), Scottish physical geographer and a member of the Challenger Expedition, 1872-76, was applied to Cape Valavielle (q.v.) (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322). Cape Vall Vielle [sic] (Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913). Kapp Vallvielle (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). Punta Buchanan (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930). The point was resurveyed by DI in 1933. Cape Buchanan (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942). Cabo Buchanan (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.278a). Buchanan Point, applied to the present feature in the interest of historical continuity (APC, 1955, p.6).
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