Moreno, Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Point Moreno (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:
at head of Scotia Bay, Laurie Island, was charted by SNAE in 1903 and named after Francisco Perito Moreno (1852-99), Argentine geographer, anthropologist and explorer of the Patagonian Andes; Director, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de la Plata (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.15). Punta Moreno (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.531). The point was recharted by DI in 1933. Pointe Moreno (France. SHM, 1954, p.44).
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