Name details

Sonia Point

Sonia Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Sonia Point  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111273

Feature type: Point

Origin

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:

Narrative

W entrance point of Lauzanne Cove, Flandres Bay, Danco Coast, was probably sighted by BeAE in February 1898; charted by FAE, 1903-05, in 1904 and named Pointe Sonia after Mme Sonia Bunau-Varilla, a supporter of the expedition (Charcot, 1906b, p.472; Matha and Rey, 1911, Pl. 3). Sonia Point (USHO, 1943, p.135; APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3572, 29.xi.1974). Punta Sonia (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949). Punta Alta [=high point] (Argentina. MM chart Ñ, 1954). The point was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 05' 00.0" S
-65.08333°
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Longitude:
63° 30' 00.0" W
-63.50000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Sep-1960

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