Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Cruls, Islotes (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cruls, Islotes (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:
Fueron descubiertos por la Expedición Antártica Belga de 1897-1899, al mando del teniente Adrien de Gerlache, quien les dio el nombre por Luis Cruls, astrónomo belga y después director del Observatorio de Río de Janeiro. En cartas antiguas han figurado como islas Crulls e islotes Crulls. Está compuesto por un grupo numeroso de islotes que se encuentran ubicados al WNW de las islas Argentine y a 11,5 millas al W de punta Moot de la costa occidental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.
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