Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
De Bellingshausen, Mar (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
De Bellingshausen, Mar (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Sea (4)
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 recuerda al capitán de navío (después almirante) Thaddeus Bellingshausen de la Armada Rusa, quien comandó la Expedición Rusa de 1819-1821, integrada por los buques "Vostok" y "Mirny". Recibe este nombre la extensión de aguas ubicadas al SW de la península Tierra de O'Higgins y que baña las costas de la Antártica desde la isla Alejandro I, hacia el W, hasta la península Thurston.
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