Name details

Stanley Patch

Stanley Patch (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Stanley Patch  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111366

Feature type: Shoal

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

shoal with least depth 4m, NW of Collins Point, Port Foster, Deception Island, was charted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from John Biscoe, 1948-49, and named after Port Stanley, Falkland Islands (BA chart 3202, 23.ix.1949; APC, 1955, p.20). Banco Stacy, so called by AAE after Tte Roberto Stacy (d. 1814), of the Argentine Navy, who was killed aboard the frigate Hercules at the battle of Martín García in 1814 (Argentina. MM chart 100, 1953; Pierrou, 1970, p.671). Banco Stanley, as rejected name (Argentina. MM, 1957b, p.10).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 58' 29.9" S
-62.97497°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
60° 38' 31.2" W
-60.64200°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Nov-1951

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