Perce Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Perce 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:
NW entrance point of Couperin Bay, Beethoven Peninsula, S Alexander Island, marking the NW limit of Ronne Entrance, was seen from the air by USAS on a flight from the expedition's "East Base", 22 December 1940. The name Cape Perce after Earl B. Perce, USAS co-pilot and radio operator, was first applied to the W extremity of Beethoven Peninsula and shown in 71°38'S 71°25'W (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; Ronne, 1945, map p.14). Cabo Perce (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; [in 71°39'S 76°00'W] Chile. IHA, 1974, p.224). Kapp Perce (Hansen, chart [no number], 1947). Following air photography by RARE in 1947, the name Cape Perce was later applied to the present feature and shown in c. 71°39'S 76°00'W (USBGN, 1956, p.240). Capo Perce (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 6). The point was mapped by FIDS in 1959 from RARE air photographs. Perce Point ([in 72°04'S 74°17'W] APC, 1961, p.3; USBGN, 1961, p.26; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates corrected from US LANDSAT imagery of January 1973] APC, 1977, p.26). Punta Perce (Argentina. IGM map, 1966). Mys Pers (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).
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