Yamana, Playa

Yamana, Playa (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Yamana, Playa  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 17720
Name ID: 134489

Feature type: Beach (7)

Origin

This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

El nombre fue dado por personal científico del Instituto Antártico Chileno durante la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1985, debido a la vecindad con el lugar donde se produjo el hallazgo de un cráneo indígena Yamana. Playa comprendida entre la punta El Hallazgo, por el N, y la punta Mazzei, por el S, en la costa occidental del cabo Shirreff de la isla Livingston, islas Shetland del Sur.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 28' 00.0" S
-62.46667°
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Longitude:
60° 48' 00.0" W
-60.80000°
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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 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:
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Date approved:
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Related information

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