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)
Quintana, Islotes (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Quintana, 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:
Descubierto por la Expedición Francesa de 1903-1905 al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot, denominados por él por Manuel Quintana, Presidente de la República de Argentina de 1904-1906. Fue cartografiado por la Expedición Británica al mando de John Rymill en 1934-1937. Grupo de islotes y rocas situadas a 5 millas al N de islotes Betbeder y a unas 17 millas al WNW de islas Argentine en la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.
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