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Camus, Punta (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Camus, Punta (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Head (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:
El nombre corresponde al apellido del sargento 1º (Bz.) Valentín Camus Leiva, quien demostró un alto espíritu de sacrificio en las labores de buceo para rebuscar dos anclas en aguas antárticas, durante la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1952. Punta alta, sobre la cual se levanta un cerro de 453 metros de elevación, que se ubica a aproximadamente 5,5 millas al NE del cabo Lagrange, en la costa SE de la isla Brabante, archipiélago de Palmer.
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