Name details

Laubeuf Fjord

Laubeuf Fjord (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Laubeuf Fjord  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109754

Feature type: Fjord

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

between Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, and Cape Sáenz, Loubet Coast, extending N to Barlas Channel and Hinks Channel, was roughly charted by FAE, 1908-10, in January 1909 and named Fiord Laubeuf after Maxime Laubeuf, French marine engineer who supervised building the engine of the FAE expedition ship Pour- quoi-Pas? (Charcot, 1910, p.94; 1912, Pl.1). Laubeuf Fd., (BA chart 3175, 9.x.1914). The fjord was surveyed by BGLE in July 1936. Fjord Laubeuf (France. SHM, 1937, p.409). Laubeuf Fjord (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.432; DCS 601 sheet 67 66, 1954; APC, 1955, p.13; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978). Laubeuf Fiord (BA chart 3175, 1.iii.1940). Estrecho Laubeuf (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). Fiordo Laubeauf [sic] (Chile. DNH chart LIII, 1947). The fjord was resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1948. Laubeuf (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.298). Fiordo Laubeuf (Argentina. MM chart 132, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.473). Lambeuf [sic] Fjord (Mott, 1958a, p.422). Lobef-F'ord (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Seno Laubeuf (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.185; IHA, 1974, p.179). Lobef-F'yord (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 21' 00.0" S
-67.35000°
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Longitude:
67° 47' 00.0" W
-67.78333°
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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 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:
8-Sep-1953

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