Name details

Ibar Rocks

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109451

Feature type: Island

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

a rock awash and a submerged rock SE of Spark Point, Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island, were charted by CAE, 1946-47, when the name Islote Ibar was applied to the rock awash, after Teniente 2° Mario Ibar P., of the Chilean Marines, in charge of the marines aboard the frigate Iquique at that time; he signed the official act of inauguration of the Chilean naval station "Arturo Prat" (Guesalaga Peninsula, q.v.), 6February 1947 (Chile. IGM map, 1947; Vila Labra, 1947, p.190 and map p.201; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.161). Islote Teniente Ibar (Chile. DNH chart 1405, 1961). The rocks were re-charted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Protector in 1964. Ibar Rocks (BA, 1965, p.30; chart 1774, 19.vii.1968; APC, 1974, p.4).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 26' 54.9" S
-62.44858°
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Longitude:
59° 42' 33.0" W
-59.70917°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Nov-1971

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