Name details

Chaos Reef

Chaos Reef (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Chaos Reef  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108149

Feature type: Reef

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

mainly submerged N of Aitcho Islands, English Strait. Following survey from the Chilean patrol ship Lautaro (Capt. José Duarte Villaroel) on CAE, 1949, the names Banco Cocheco [from the diminutive for José, the captain's name], Roca Cuca [from the diminutive name for the wife of a CAE officer] and Roca Ripin [from the nickname of one of the captain's daughters] were applied to unidentified parts of this feature (Chile. DNH chart 1405, 1949-50; IHA, 1974, p.79, 89, 242). The reef was resurveyed by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Protector in 1967 and named descriptively Chaos Reef (APC, 1974, p.3; BA, 1972, p.48; BA chart 1771, 8.vi.1990)

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 21' 50.6" S
-62.36406°
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Longitude:
59° 46' 11.0" W
-59.76972°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Nov-1971

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