Name details

Punta Acevedo

Acevedo punta (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

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

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Id 140434

Feature type: Point

Origin

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

Narrative

Punta Acevedo es el extremo W de la isla Neny; bahía Margarita; Sector Antártico Argentino. Se encuentra aproximadamente a 1 milla hacia el SW de punta Depósito.

Named For

El topónimo fue impuesto en honor del entonces Alférez de Navío D. Pedro V. Acevedo; de la Plana Mayor de la Corbeta Uruguay durante la Campaña Antártica (1909); cuando relevaron al personal del Observatorio Orcadas.

Location

Latitude:
68° 12' 13.9" S
-68.20385°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
67° 04' 00.4" W
-67.06678°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Carta Náutica Argentina H-791 INT 9111 1a. Ed. 2017.
Source Identifier:
https://geoportal.shn.gob.ar/#/geoportal
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
SHN
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
Unknown

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