Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Harry, Punta (CHL) | 64° 08' 00.0" S | 62° 00' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 105669
Place ID: 13766
El nombre aparece por primera vez en las cartas chilenas del año 1947 y se ha mantenido hasta ahora. Punta saliente, situada en la costa E de la península Pasteur, al NE de la isla Brabante, en el archipiélago de Palmer. |
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| Spallanzani Point (GBR) | 64° 08' 00.0" S | 62° 00' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 111304
Place ID: 13766
NE entrance point of Hill Bay, Brabant island, and SW entrance point of Croker Passage, was probably sighted by BeAE, 25 January 1898; called Isla Harry by CAE, being mistaken for Harry Island (q.v.) (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947); following air photography by FIDASE, 1956-57, and in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after Lazaro Spallanzani (1729-99), who in 1780 first interpreted the process of digestion (APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). Punta Harry (Chile. DNH chart 1400, 1961; IHA, 1974, p.149). |
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| Spallanzani Point (USA) | 64° 08' 00.0" S | 61° 59' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 131956
Place ID: 13766
Point forming the N side of the entrance to Hill Bay and the E tip of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Probably first seen by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache. Mapped in 1959 from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the UK-APC for Lazaro Spallanzani (1729-1799), Italian physiologist who first interpreted the process of digestion in 1780. |
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| Spallanzani, punta (ARG) | 64° 08' 00.0" S | 62° 00' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 102218 Place ID: 13766 | |||
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