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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| d'Ursel Point (GBR) | 64° 25' 00.0" S | 62° 19' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108398
Place ID: 3238
SW entrance point of Buls Bay, Brabant Island, was charted by BeAE, 30 January-5 February 1898, from a camp on the point, now commemorated by a plaque at Metchnikoff Point (q.v.); named Cap d'Ursel after Comte Hippolyte d'Ursel, a member of the Société Royale Belge de Géographie and a supporter of the expedition (Lecointe, 1900a, map facing p.132). Cape d'Ursel (Cook, 1900, map p.xx; [in 64°21'S 62°08'W] BA chart 3205, 1942; APC, 1955, p.9). Capo d'Ursel (Gerlache, 1902a). Cap Ursel (Cook, 1903, map following p.x). Cabo d'Ursel (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.329; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.108). Cabo D'Urset [sic] (Argentina. MM chart OOa, 1954). The cape was recharted by FIDS from Norsel in April 1955 and photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. d'Ursel Point (APC, 1960, p.4; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). |
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| D'Ursel Point (USA) | 64° 25' 00.0" S | 62° 20' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 124035
Place ID: 3238
Point which marks the S side of the entrance to Buls Bay on the SE coast of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache, and named by him for Count Hippolyte d'Ursel, a supporter of the expedition. |
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| D'Ursel, cabo (ARG) | 64° 25' 00.0" S | 62° 20' 00.0" W | Point |
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| D'Ursel, Cabo (CHL) | 64° 25' 00.0" S | 62° 20' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 105393
Place ID: 3238
Descubierto por la Expedición Antártica Belga de 1897-1899, al mando del teniente Adrien de Gerlache quien le dio el nombre por el conde Hippolyte D'Ursel, auspiciador de la expedición. Cabo que señala el extremo S de la entrada a bahía Buls, en la costa E de isla Brabante, archipiélago de Palmer. |
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| D'Ursel, Cap (BEL) | 64° 25' 00.0" S | 62° 20' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 104912
Place ID: 3238
Le Comte Hyppolyte d'Ursel était membre de la Chambre des Représentants et proposa à celle-ci les subsides accordés à l'E.A.B. 1897-1899. Il fut aussi Président de la Société Royale de Géographie. |
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