Nicholl Head

Nicholl Head (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Nicholl Head  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 10239
Name ID: 110350

Feature type: Head

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

N entrance point of Square Bay, Marguerite Bay, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by BGLE in 1936 (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.432); resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1948 and named after Timothy Michael Nicholl (b. 1927), FIDS Base Leader, "Argentine Islands" (now Faraday), 1948-50 (APC, 1955, p.16; BA, 1956, p.79; chart 3570, 21.ix.1957; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978). Punta Nicholl (Chile. DNH chart 1600, 1963; IHA, 1974, p.211).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 47' 00.0" S
-67.78333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
67° 05' 00.0" W
-67.08333°
Unknown precision
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

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

Related information

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