Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Esfinge, isla (ARG) | 65° 53' 00.0" S | 64° 52' 00.0" W | Island |
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| Esfinge, Isla (CHL) | 65° 53' 00.0" S | 64° 53' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105510
Place ID: 13810
Fue descubierta y bautizada como isla Sphinx por la Expedición Antártica Británica, de 1934-1937, al mando del comandante John Rymill. El nombre actual es traducción y de carácter descriptivo. Isla que mide 2,2 millas de largo en una dirección N-W a SE por 1 milla de ancho, tiene una cima de piedra desnuda con lados verticales por sus cuatro costados, situada en la mitad SW de la entrada a bahía Barilari, en la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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| Sphinx Island (GBR) | 65° 54' 00.0" S | 64° 53' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 111322
Place ID: 13810
NE of Loqui Point, Barilari Bay, Graham Coast, was surveyed by BGLE in August- September 1935 and so named from its shape (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.400; BA chart 3196, 12.xi.1948; APC, 1955, p.20; DOS 610 sheet W 65 64, 1959). Isla Sphinx (Rymill and others, 1943, map facing p.96). Isla Férin, in confusion with Ferin Head (q.v.) (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). Isla Esfinge [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH chart LII, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.344; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.117). The island was resurveyed by FIDS from "Prospect Point", 1957-58. |
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| Sphinx Island (USA) | 65° 54' 00.0" S | 64° 53' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 131994
Place ID: 13810
Island 2 mi long and 1 mi wide, having a bare rocky summit with vertical faces on all four sides, lying in the entrance to Barilari Bay along the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered and named by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill. |
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