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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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Feature type: Sound (9)
This name originates from Argentina. It is part of the Nomenclador Antártico Argentino and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Separa las islas Joinville y Dundee, en el extremo NE de la península Antártica. Fue descubierto en 1892-93 por el Capitán Thomas Robertson de la Expedición Ballenera Dundee y nominada en homenaje a su buque el ballenero escocés "ACTIVE". Aparece por primera vez en la carta del SHN 102, 3º Edición, 1949 y en TSAA1. SHN carta H-713.
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