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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Cape Roquemaurel (RUS) | 63° 32' 00.0" S | 58° 55' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 120292 Place ID: 12355 | |||
| Cape Roquemaurel (GBR) | 63° 33' 00.0" S | 58° 57' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 110934
Place ID: 12355
NE entrance point of Bone Bay, Trinity Peninsula, was charted by FAE, 1837-40, on 2 March 1838 and named Cap Roquemaurel after Lieut. de Vaisseau (later Commandant) Louis-François-Gaston-Marie Auguste de Roquemaurel (b. 1804), Second-in-command of the expedition ship Astrolabe (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170; BA, 1916, p.401). Cabo Roquemaurel (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861; Pierrou, 1970, p.633; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.247). Cape Roquemaurel (BA chart 3205, l.vi.1901; 12.ii.1954; APC, 1955, p.18; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962). Kap Roquemaurel (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol. 1, p.58). Capo Rocquemaurel [sic] (Duse, 1907, p.39). Cabo Roquemaure [sic] (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Kapp Roquemarel [sic] (HA chart, 1928). The cape was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in November 1948 and resurveyed, 1960-61. Mys Rokmorel' (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Cape Roquemaurel (USA) | 63° 33' 00.0" S | 58° 56' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 130937
Place ID: 12355
Prominent rocky headland at the E side of the entrance to Bone Bay, on the N side of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by a French expedition, 1837-40, under Capt. Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for Lt. Louis de Roquemaurel, second-in-command of the expedition ship Astrolabe. |
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| Roquemaurel, cabo (ARG) | 63° 33' 00.0" S | 58° 57' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 102048 Place ID: 12355 | |||
| Roquemaurel, Cabo (CHL) | 63° 33' 00.0" S | 58° 59' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 106197
Place ID: 12355
Descubierto por la Expedición Francesa, que trabajó en el área entre los años 1837-1840, al mando del capitán Jules Sebastián César Dumont D'Urville, se denominó así en recuerdo del segundo comandante del "Astrolabe" teniente Louis de Roquemaurel. Prominente promontorio rocoso en la costa W de la península Luis Felipe a 15, 5 milla al NE del cabo Kjellman. Tiene 191 mts. de elevación. |
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