Name details

Watson Peninsula

Watson Peninsula (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Watson Peninsula  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111844

Feature type: Peninsula

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

between Macdougal Bay and Marr Bay, Laurie Island, terminating in Cape Valavielle, was charted by SNAE in 1903 and named after George Lennox Watson (1851-1904), naval architect and yacht builder of Glasgow, who redesigned the expedition ship Scotia (Scotia Bay, q.v.) (Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322; BA, 1930, p.50; APC, 1955, p.22). Península Watson (Argentina. IGM map 104, 1933). The bay was recharted by DI in 1933.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 41' 00.0" S
-60.68333°
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Longitude:
44° 32' 00.0" W
-44.53333°
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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:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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