Name details

The Turret

Turret, The (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

The Turret  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111690

Feature type: Promontory

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

headland rising to 460 m SE of Gibbon Bay, E Coronation Island, was probably sighted by Powell and Palmer in December 1821; charted by DI in 1933 and named descriptively (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.21; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). Promontorio Almena [=turret promontory] (Argentina. MM chart 117, 1952; Pierrou, 1970, p.158). La Torre [=the tower] (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1954). The feature was surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1956-58.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 40' 00.0" S
-60.66667°
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Longitude:
45° 09' 00.0" W
-45.15000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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