Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Biscoe, Punta (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Biscoe, Punta (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point (8)
This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Su denominación le fue aplicada por extensión del nombre de la vecina bahía Biscoe y aparece en la cartografía chilena desde 1962. Punta situada a 3,2 millas al NW del cabo Lancaster, extremo S de la isla Anvers, sirviendo de límite SE a la bahía Biscoe, en la costa SW de la misma isla, archipiélago de Palmer.
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