Name details

Mirounga Flats

Mirounga Flats (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mirounga Flats  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110171

Feature type: None recorded.

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

tidal area W of Thule Islands in Borge Bay, Signy Island, following survey by FIDS in 1947 were named after the elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), which is found here in large numbers during the moulting period (APC, 1955, p.15; DOS 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973). Mirounga Cove (Matthews and Maling, 1967, end map).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 41' 45.0" S
-60.69583°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
45° 36' 22.0" W
-45.60611°
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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:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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