Rayner Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Rayner 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:
N entrance point of Gibbon Bay, E Coronation Island, was charted by Sørlle, 1912-13, and recharted by DI in 1933; named after George William Rayner, British zoologist and member of DI scientific staff, 1928-39; "Marine Station", Grytviken, 1928-29; Discovery II, 1932-33; William Scoresby, 1929-32 and 1934-38 (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.17; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). Punta Rayner (Argentina. MM chart 117, 1952; Pierrou, 1970, p.617). The point was surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1956-58. Raynor [sic] Point (Matthews and Maling, 1967, p.31).
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