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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Stenhouse Bluff (GBR) | 62° 04' 18.9" S | 58° 22' 17.6" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 111392
Place ID: 14001
at head of Visca Anchorage, (q.v.), Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, King George Island, was charted by FAE, 1908-10, in December 1909 (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1); recharted by DI in 1927 and named after Cdr Joseph Russell Stenhouse, RNR (1887-1941), with DI, 1925-27, in command of Discovery; First Mate (later Master) of Aurora on BITAE and with the ship as Second-in-Command of the Ross Sea party, 1914-16 (BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929; APC, 1955, p.20; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962). Promontorio Stenhouse (Chile. DNH chart 502, 1947). Morro Stenhouse (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.672). Pointe Stenhouse (France. SHM chart 5448, 1949). Punta Stenhouse (Argentina. MM chart 136, 1957; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.268). [Stenhouse Peak, South Georgia, is also named after Cdr J.R. Stenhouse (Hattersley-Smith, 1980b, p.87).] |
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| Stenhouse Bluff (USA) | 62° 04' 00.0" S | 58° 24' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 132152
Place ID: 14001
Southern face of a rocky knoll at the head of Visca Anchorage, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. First charted by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot. Named for Cdr. J.R. Stenhouse, RNR, captain of the Discovery in these waters in 1927. |
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| Stenhouse, morro (ARG) | 62° 04' 00.0" S | 58° 23' 00.0" W | Bluff |
| Name ID: 102236 Place ID: 14001 | |||
| Stenhouse, Punta (CHL) | 62° 05' 00.0" S | 58° 23' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 106316
Place ID: 14001
Figura en una carta de la Expedición Francesa del Dr. Jean B. Charcot, de los años 1908-1910, pero el nombre fue puesto con posterioridad en honor del capitán de fragata J. W. Stenhouse RNR, comandante del Discovery que operó en esta zona en el año 1927. Se proyecta hacia el S en la parte central de la costa N de caleta Visca en ensenada Martel, bahía Almirantazgo, isla Rey Jorge de las islas Shetland del Sur. |
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