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)
Harmony Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Harmony Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point
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:
W point of Nelson Island and W entrance point of Harmony Cove, was roughly charted by the nineteenth-century sealers; called Cape Huntress after the American schooner Huntress (Huntress Glacier, q.v.) (Burdick, 1820-21); recharted by DI in 1934-35 and named Harmony Point in association with the cove (Nelson and others, chart, 1935c; BA, 1942, p.42; chart 1774, 9.vii.1948; APC, 1955, p.11). Cabo Harmony (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). Punta Harmony (Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948). Punta Armonía (Chile. DNH chart L, 1951; Pierrou, 1970, p.172; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.32). Pointe Harmony (France. SHM, 1954, p.45). Cerro Punta Armonía (Olsacher, 1958, p.14). Capo Harmony (Zavatti, 1958, Tav.9). The point was designated SSSI No. 14 under the Antarctic Treaty (SPRI, 1986, p.234).
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