Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Herradura, Isla (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Herradura, Isla (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:
Fue descubierta y denominada por el BGLE al mando del comandante John Rymill, quien dibujó mapas de esta área por tierra y desde el aire en 1936-1937. Su nombre indica la forma semicircular con que se alinean sus montañas de 600 a 900 metros. Isla de unas 7 millas de largo por 3 millas de ancho, que ocupa la mayor parte de la entra da a bahía Cuadrada, en la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.
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