Name details

Cape Darlington

Darlington, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cape Darlington  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108428

Feature type: Cape

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 Hilton Inlet, Black Coast, was photographed from the air and roughly surveyed from the ground as an island in c. 71°55'S 60°40'W by USAS; named Darlington Island after Harry Darlington III, radio operator and dog driver of USAS "East Base" sledge party; Chief Pilot, RARE (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; USBGN, 1947, p.152). The name Howard Island, after A. Howard (Cape Howard, q.v.), was also applied to the same feature which, through a navigation error on the USAS flight, was wrongly located in c. 72°40'S 59°00'W (USBGN, 1947, p.181; [as rejected name] 1956, p.164). Isla Darlington (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). The feature was identified from the air as a cape and surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947. Cape Darlington (Rønne, 1948b, map p.357; Mason, 1950a, map facing p.151; BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.8; DCS 601 sheet 72 60, 1956; USBGN, 1956, p.99; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). Darlington-Øya (Rønne, 1950b, p.132). Cabo Darlington (Argentina. MM chart N-"P"-1, 1952; Pierrou, 1970, p.294; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.92). Mys Darlington (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 00' 00.0" S
-72.00000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
60° 51' 00.0" W
-60.85000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Jan-1953

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