Name details

Français Rocks

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108904

Feature type: Head

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

off NE coast of d'Urville Island. This coast was roughly charted by FAE, 1837-40, in 1838, when the name Pointe des Français [=point of the French] was applied to the NE-most point of the island which at that time was believed to be continuous with Joinville Island (q.v.) (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170; Charcot, 1912, Pl.1). Punta de los Franceses (Spain. DNH chart 458, 1861). Français Point (BA chart 1238, x.1893). Cap Français (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Kap Française (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol. 2, second end map). Capo François [sic] (Faustini, 1904, p.4). Cabo Française [sic] (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904-05, Tomo 1, end map). Cape Française (Nordenskjöld and others, 1905, map facing p.316). Française Point (Nordenskjöld and others, 1905, p.414). Punta Français (Irízar, [1907], p.65; Pierrou, 1970, p.374). Cabo Francés (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Français P. (HA chart, 1928). Surveys by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1945-47, resulted in a shift of the coastline in this area by c. 15km to WSW. Punta Francés (Chile. DNH chart L, 1947; IHA, 1974, p.129). The coastline was further surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1952-54, and photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Capo Français (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 12-13). Cabo King, in error (King Point, q.v.) (Argentina. IGM map 3737, 1958). Following publication of an accurate map of the area (BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1973), the name Français Rocks was applied to the present feature (APC, 1980, p.3).

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Location

Latitude:
63° 02' 00.0" S
-63.03333°
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Longitude:
56° 00' 00.0" W
-56.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
7-Feb-1978

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