Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Cabrales, Islas (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cabrales, Islas (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island (5)
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:
El nombre fue puesto en 1962 por el Instituto Hidrográfico de la Armada de Chile por el remolcador de alta mar "Cabrales", buque de larga y destacada trayectoria en la zona de Magallanes. Es un grupo de islas e islotes, que se extienden por 18 cables en sentido N-S y 11 cables en sentido E-W, que está situado a unas 6 millas al oriente de la isla Rabot y centrado a 10 millas de NW del cabo Ferin de la costa occidental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.
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