Iceberg Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Iceberg 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:
NE entrance point of Lion Sound, Anvers Island, was roughly charted by BeAE in February 1898; recharted by DI in 1927 and so named descriptively, probably after the usage of whalers (BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929; APC, 1955, p.12; BA chart 3566, 16.x.1959). Punta Témpano [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.681). Punta Iceberg (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.161). The point was further charted by FIDS from Norsel in April 1955 and photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57.
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