Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Byers, Península (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Byers, Península (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peninsula (8)
This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Fue descubierta por la Expedición Británica al mando de Bransfield, en enero de 1920. El nombre corresponde al apellido del comandante de escuadrilla Enrique Byers del Campo, de la delegación de la Fuerza Aérea de Chile embarcada en el transporte "Angamos" de Armada de Chile, durante la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1947. Península que constituye el extremo NW de la isla Livingston y que termina en la punta Start, separando a la bahía Barclay de la bahía Nueva Plymouth.
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