Conception Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Conception 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:
N-most point of Coronation Island, was roughly mapped and named by Powell, 8 December 1821, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Powell, 1822b; chart, 1822a; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.7). Pointe Conception, Pointe de la Concéption (Powell, 1824a, map facing p. 5; 1824b, p.105). Cap Conception (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Punta Concepción (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.258). Conecption [sic] Point (Sørlle, chart, 1912). Conception Pynten (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). The point was re-charted by DI in 1933. Pointe Concepcion (France. SHM chart 1148, 1947). Mys Koncepshen (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).
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