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)
Falsa Isla, Punta (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Falsa Isla, 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:
Fue vista por primera vez en febrero de 1902 y cartografiada como isla por la expedición Sueca, al mando del comandante Otto Nordenskjöld. En 1945 el FIDS determinó que formaba parte de la isla Vega, colocándole este nombre descriptivo. La constituye un angosto promontorio de piedra de 1 milla de largo por 5 cables de ancho, que está unida con la isla por un istmo de arena gruesa, está situada en la costa S de la isla Vega.
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