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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Access Point (GBR) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 47' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 135174
Place ID: 30
NW of Cape Lancaster, Anvers Island, following survey by FIDS from Arthur Harbour in 1955, was so named because it provides a landing place for boats with access to the interior of the island (APC, 1958, p.4; BA chart 3572, 25.vii.1958). Punta Access (Argentina. AA, 1991, p.1) |
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| Access Point (USA) | 64° 50' 00.0" S | 63° 47' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 135837
Place ID: 30
Rocky point immediately SE of Biscoe Point and 2 mi NW of Cape Lancaster on the S side of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the FrAE under Charcot, 1903-05. Surveyed in 1955 by the FIDS and so named because there is a landing place for boats on the NW tip of the point which provides access to the inland parts of the island. |
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| Access, punta (ARG) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 47' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 100009
Place ID: 30
Al NW de cabo Lancaster y al S de isla Amberes. Relevada por A.J. Rennie del FIDS en 1955. Es un lugar de desembarco para botes que permite el acceso al interior de la isla Amberes. Esta condición de accesibilidad da origen al topónimo. SHN Carta H-714/H-715. |
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| Möller Bank (AUS) | 67° 33' 55.4" S | 62° 52' 00.1" E | Bank |
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Name ID: 30
Place ID: 9737
A submarine bank with depths less than 91 metres, about 3 km from the Welch Island triangulation point in a bearing 257 degrees. The bank is about 366 metres long in a NNE-SSW direction and about 137 metres wide, with a least depth of 31 metres. Charted in February 1961 by D'A T Gale, hydrographic surveyor with the ANARE expedition led by Don Styles. |
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