Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Redonda, Punta (CHL) | 61° 54' 00.0" S | 58° 19' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 106149
Place ID: 12414
Este nombre data de por lo menos del año 1822 y su uso está establecido internacionalmente. Está situada a 13 millas al WSW de Falsa Punta Redonda, en la costa N de la isla Rey Jorge, en las islas Shetland del Sur. |
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| Round Point (RUS) | 61° 53' 00.0" S | 58° 27' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 120307 Place ID: 12414 | |||
| Round Point (USA) | 61° 56' 00.0" S | 58° 28' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 130986
Place ID: 12414
Point 12 mi W of False Round Point on the N coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The descriptive name dates back to at least 1822 and is established in international usage. |
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| Round Point* (GBR) | 61° 56' 12.2" S | 58° 25' 14.1" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110955
Place ID: 12414
Formerly on N coast of King George Island between Tartar Point (formerly Tartar Island) and Owen Island, W of Pottinger Point (q.v.), was roughly charted by nineteenth-century sealers and named descriptively (Powell, chart, 1822a; BA chart 1238, 1844; [in 61°55'S 58°16'W] 3205, 25.iii.1937; APC, 1955, p.18; [co-ordinates corrected] BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962; APC, 1977, p.28). Pointe Round (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170). Punta Redonda [translation of English name] (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861; Pierrou, 1970, p.618; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.239). Cap Round (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Punta Round (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Round P. (HA chart, 1928). Pointe Ronde [translation of English name] (France. SHM chart 5504, 1951). The point was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956. Mys Raund (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Mys Round (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl. 175). By 1984 the point was subsumed into a gravel tombolo that links the feature to Tartar Point (formerly Tartar Island). |
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