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)
Martin, Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Point Martin (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 side of Scotia Bay, Laurie Island, NW of Cape Murdoch, was surveyed by SNAE in October 1903 and named after J. Martin, Able Seaman in the expedition ship Scotia, who took part in the survey (Bruce and others, chart, 1903a; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.14); recharted by DI in 1933. Pointe Martin (France. SHM, 1937, p.388). Punta Martín (Moneta, 1951, end map [2]).
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