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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Cape Ducorps (RUS) | 63° 23' 00.0" S | 58° 06' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 117792 Place ID: 3922 | |||
| Cape Ducorps (GBR) | 63° 23' 00.0" S | 58° 09' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 108579
Place ID: 3922
W entrance point of Huon Bay and N point of Cockerell Peninsula, Trinity Peninsula, was charted by FAE, 1837-40, on 27 February 1838 and named Cap Ducorps after Louis-Jacques Ducorps (b. 1811), Commis de Marine de deuxième classe [=writer 2nd class] in the expedition ship Astrolabe (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170; Vincendon-Dumoulin, atlas, 1847, Pl. 8). Cabo Ducorps (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861; Pierrou, 1970, p.325; Chile, IHA, 1974, p.107). The cape was resurveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1946. Cape Ducorps (USAAF chart 1737, 1946; BA chart 3205, 23.ix.1949; APC, 1955, p.8; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). Cabo Unión (Huon Bay, q.v.), as rejected name (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.107). |
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| Cape Ducorps (USA) | 63° 23' 00.0" S | 58° 09' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 124554
Place ID: 3922
A point marking the N end of Cockerell Peninsula on the N coast of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by a French expedition, 1837-40, under Capt. Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for Louis Ducorps, a member of the expedition. |
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| Ducorps, cabo (ARG) | 63° 24' 00.0" S | 58° 11' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 100744 Place ID: 3922 | |||
| Ducorps, Cabo (CHL) | 63° 25' 00.0" S | 58° 05' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 105471
Place ID: 3922
Descubierto por la Expedición Antártica Francesa de 1837-1840, al mando del comandante Jules Dumont D'Urville quien le dio este nombre por Louis Ducorps, un miembro de la expedición. El cabo fue reidentificado y cartografiado por el FIDS en 1946. Es el extremo de una península que se eleva gradualmente de 2,5 millas de largo, situado entre los cabos Legoupil y Marescot, en la costa NW de la península Luis Felipe. |
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