Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Independencia, punta (ARG) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 06' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 101203 Place ID: 10486 | |||
| Ladislao, Punta (CHL) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 06' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 134976
Place ID: 10486
El nombre corresponde al del guardián 1º fogonero Ladislao Gallegos, de la escampavía "Yelcho" de la Armada de Chile, quien rescató a los náufragos de la expedición británica al mando de Sir Ernest Shackleton, en 1916. Punta, que constituye el extremo N de la isla Lautaro, en el estrecho De Gerlache, frente a la costa occidental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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| O'Neill Point (GBR) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 06' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110410
Place ID: 10486
N point of Lautaro Island (q.v.), Danco Coast, following survey by FIDS from "Danco Island", 1957-58, was named after Vincent Michael O'Neill (b. 1928), FIDS radio operator/mechanic, "Danco Island", 1957-58, and "Deception Island", 1958-59, who was a member of a 3-man party that circumnavigated Bryde Island by dinghy in 1957 (BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/3, 1-DOS 1979; APC, 1980, p.4). Punta Independéncia, so called by AAE in honour of the declaration of Argentine independence, 9 July 1816 (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter I). |
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| O'Neill Point (USA) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 06' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 129570
Place ID: 10486
The N point of Lautaro Island, lying 1.5 mi WSW of Lemaire Island in Gerlache Strait. Named by UK-APC in 1977 for Vincent Michael O'Neill, FIDS radio operator and mechanic at Danco Island, 1957-58, and Deception Island, 1958-59. |
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