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Las Palmas (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Las Palmas (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from Spain. It is part of the Spain Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Underwater plateau 24 m deep. 800 yards from Spanish Antarctic ì Station Gabriel de Castilla; 29 nautical miles from Collins Point ì (Neptunes Bellows). In Port Foster, Deception Island, South ì Shetland Islands. Named for the Spanish Oceanographic Research ì Ship Las Palmas, which has been anchoring in this place at least ì 20 times in every 11 Antarctic expeditions supporting the Spanish ì Station Gabriel de Castilla.
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