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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Cuadrada, isla (ARG) | 62° 09' 00.0" S | 58° 58' 00.0" W | Island |
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| Cuadrada, Isla (CHL) | 62° 09' 00.0" S | 58° 57' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105386
Place ID: 13878
La Investigación Discovery que cartografió esta isla en 1935 la llamó isla Square End. El nombre actual es una traducción adaptada por el Instituto Hidrográfico de la Armada de Chile en 1962. Es una isla pequeña situada a 4,3 millas al NNE de península Morro Plano y separada 6 cables de la costa SW de isla Rey Jorge, islas Shetland del Sur. |
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| Square End Island (GBR) | 62° 09' 28.6" S | 58° 59' 31.2" W | Island |
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Name ID: 111348
Place ID: 13878
off NW coast of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, was charted by DI, 1934-35, and named descriptively (Nelson and others, chart, 1935b; BA, 1948, p.151; APC, 1955, p.20; DOS 610 sheet W 62 58, 1968). Square-end Island (Nelson, 1935; BA, 1942, p.40). Isla Square-end (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949). Isla Cuadrada [=square island] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.200; Pierrou, 1970, p.276; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.88). The island was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Square End Ilha (Brazil. Península Fildes map, 1984 ) |
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| Square End Island (USA) | 62° 10' 00.0" S | 58° 59' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 132053
Place ID: 13878
Small island 3 mi NNE of the W tip of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The descriptive name appears to have been applied by DI personnel on the Discovery II who charted the island in 1935. |
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