Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Charcot, Port (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Charcot, Port (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Anchorage
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:
N side of Booth Island, Graham Coast, was charted by FAE, 1903-05, and used as winter quarters for the expedition ship Fran ais in 1904, when a cairn with plaque was erected; called Port Carthage (Charcot, 1905c, p.463); later named Port Charcot after Dr J.-M. Charcot (Charcot Island, q.v.) (Charcot, 1906b, p.472; 1908, map p.36; APC, 1955, p.7; BA chart 3572, 25.vii.1958). Charcot Hafen (Nordenskjöld, 1917, map facing p.68). Charcot Havna (HA chart, 1927). Puerto Charcot (Argentina. MM chart 107, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.284; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.73). Ensenada Charcot (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.287). The feature was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57.
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