Cape Bayle

Bayle, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cape Bayle  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 1024
Name ID: 107702

Feature type: Cape

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

NE point of Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago, was roughly charted by FAE, 1903-05, and named Pointe Bayle after Vice-Am. Charles-Jessé Bayle (1842-1918), of the French Navy (Charcot, 1906b, p.470; Gourdon, 1908, end map; Matha and Rey, 1911, Pl. 3). Point Bayle (USHO, 1943, p.128). Punta Bayle (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.193; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.42). Cape Bayle, following air photography by FIDASE in 1956-57 (APC, 1959a, p.4; BA chart 3566, 16.x.1959). Cabo Bayle (Chile. IH chart 58, 1971).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 17' 00.0" S
-64.28333°
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Longitude:
63° 12' 00.0" W
-63.20000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
7-Jul-1959

Related information

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