Name details

Demas Rocks

Demas Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Demas Rocks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108474

Feature type: Rock

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

low rocks in Huon Bay, Trinity Peninsula, were roughly charted as one rock by FAE, 1837-40, on 27 February 1838 and named Roche Demas after Lieut. de Vaisseau François-Edmond-Eugène Barlatier Demas (b. 1810) (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170). Rocher Demas (d'Urville, 1841, p.xxxvi). Roca Demas (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861). Demas Rock (BA chart 3205, 1.vi.1901). Demas Skj. (HA chart, 1928). The feature was recharted as a group of several rocks by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1946. Grupo Sub-Teniente Abott, probably after a member of CAE (Chile. DNH chart 503, 1948). Demas Rocks (APC, 1955, p.8; BA chart 3205, 23.ix.1949; 23.xi.1962). Rocas Demas (Chile. DNH chart 503, 1951; Pierrou, 1970, p.305; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.98).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 21' 00.0" S
-63.35000°
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Longitude:
58° 02' 00.0" W
-58.03333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
21-Nov-1949

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