Shimen Bandao

Shimen Bandao (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Shimen Bandao  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 13172
Name ID: 106672

Feature type: Peninsula

Origin

This name originates from China. It is part of the China Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Extending from the southwest corner of Fildes Peninsula and the bottom of the northwest slope of Biyu Shan to Drake Passage,the long peninsula attracts seals to appear at the external part with some steep rocks. It was named when aerial photos surveying and mapping in 1993 by Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 13' 11.6" S
-62.21988°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
59° 01' 26.0" W
-59.02388°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates, date named and narrative updated as of request by Songtao Ai of 5 June 2015 (J. Muller)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1986

Related information

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