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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Steele Island (RUS) | 71° 00' 00.0" S | 60° 30' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 120767 Place ID: 13966 | |||
| Steele Island (GBR) | 71° 00' 00.0" S | 60° 43' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 111380
Place ID: 13966
properly an ice rise at Larsen Ice Front, rising to c. 350m off Imshaug Peninsula, Black Coast, was surveyed by USAS in December 1940 and named after Clarence E. Steele, tractor driver at the expedition's "East Base" (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; Mason, 1950a, map facing p.151; BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.20; DCS 601 sheet 70 60, 1955; BAS 250 sheets SR 19-20/12 and 16, 1-DOS 1976); resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in November 1947. Isla Steele (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.671; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.267). Steel [sic] Øya (Rønne, 1950b, p.140). Steele Öya (Hansen, chart [no number], 1947). Ostrov Stil (Baranov and others, 1954, map p.283). Île Steele (France. SHM chart 5879, 1956). Steele-Insel (Kosack, 1955a, end map). Altimetric data for the feature were obtained on a radio echo-sounding flight by BAS in February 1975. |
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| Steele Island (USA) | 71° 00' 00.0" S | 60° 40' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 132125
Place ID: 13966
A snow-covered island, 12 mi long from east to west and 10 mi wide, rising above the Larsen Ice Shelf off the E coast of Palmer Land, 12 mi SE of Cape Sharbonneau. The steeply-sloping sides of the island are crevassed, but no rock is exposed. Discovered by members of East Base of the USAS in 1940. Named for Clarence E. Steele, tractor driver for the East Base. |
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| Steele, isla (ARG) | 71° 00' 00.0" S | 60° 43' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 102229 Place ID: 13966 | |||
| Steele, Isla (CHL) | 71° 00' 00.0" S | 60° 40' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 106313
Place ID: 13966
Descubierta en 1940 por personal del USAS, quienes les dieron el nombre por Clarence E Steele, conductor de tractores de la Base Este. Está situada a 17 millas al SE de cabo Sharbonneau de la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. Mide 12 millas de largo de E a W por 10 de ancho, y su altura es de 488 metros. Está completamente cubierta de hielo, agrietada en sus laderas abruptas, pero sin mostrar manchas de piedra visible. |
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