Name details

Leiva, Punta

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

Leiva, Punta  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Chile Gazetteer Id 134988

Feature type: Head (8)

Origin

This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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Narrative

La avistó el USAS que, en diciembre de 1940, aerofotografió la península Kemp. Refotografiada por el RARE en 1947 que, con el FIDS, la cartografiaron en terreno. El FIDS le puso Cape Deacon, por George E.R. Deacon, oceanógrafo inglés y miembro del consejo de la DI, 1927-1939. El nombre actual corresponde al apellido del guardián 1º José Leiva Chacón de la escampavía "Yelcho" de la Armada de Chile, quien participó en el rescate de los náufragos de la Expedición Británica de Sir Ernest Shackleton, en 1916. Punta cubierta de hielo que es el extremo SE de la península Kemp, que se ubica a aproximadamente 30 millas al S del cabo Mackintosh, en la costa oriental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.

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Location

Latitude:
73° 17' 00.0" S
-73.28333°
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Longitude:
60° 20' 00.0" W
-60.33333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
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Comments

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Approval status

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