Route Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Route 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 point of Mackenzie Peninsula, Laurie Island, was charted by Powell and Palmer in December 1821, when the name was applied to this feature rather than to Cape Robertson (q.v.) (Powell, chart, 1822a; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; 1942, p.32; APC, 1955, p.18). Pointe Route (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5). It was further charted by FAE, 1837-40, in 1838. Pointe Chaumont, after the town of Chaumont-en-Bassigny, France (Vincendon-Dumoulin, atlas, 1847, Pl. 43). Chaumont Spitze (Fricker, 1898, map p.119). Cape Robertson (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.232; BA, 1930, p.50). Punta Rota [=course point] (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Cape Robertsen [sic] (Sørlle, chart, 1912). Cape Robbertson [sic] (Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913). Kapp Robertson (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). Punta Rumbo [=route point] (Argentina. MM, chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.640). The point was recharted by DI in 1933. Punta Route (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.276a). Punta Ruta (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.54).
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