Rey, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Rey (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape
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:
SW entrance point of Darbel Bay and NE entrance point of Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast, was roughly charted by FAE, 1903-05, and named Cap Rey after Lieut. Joseph-J. Rey, of the French Navy, meteorologist and physicist on the expedition (Charcot, 1906b, p.xvi; 1912, Pl.1); further charted by FAE, 1908-10, in February 1909, when the name The Lion was apparently also applied to the feature from its shape (Charcot, [1911b], p.134). Cap Bellu, in error (Cape Bellue, q.v.) (Bongrain, 1914, vue 26 following p.60). Kapp Rey (HA chart, 1927). Cape Rey (USAAF chart 1762, 1946; [in 66°44'S 66°30'W] BA chart 3196, 12.xi.1948; APC, 1955, p.18; [co-ordinates corrected] BA chart 3570, 29.ix.1961; APC , 1986, p.4). Punta Lincoyan, so called by CAE probably after a member of the expedition (Chile. DNH chart LII, 1947). The cape was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Cabo Rey (Argentina. MM chart 131, 1957; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.241). The cape was surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Detaille Island", 1958-59. Mys Ren'ye (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Mys Re (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, P.24).
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