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| Bonaparte Point (GBR) | 64° 47' 00.0" S | 64° 05' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 107863
Place ID: 1558
S entrance point of Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island, was probably sighted in February 1832 by Biscoe, who is thought to have landed in Biscoe Bay (q.v.); charted by FAE, 1903-05, in February 1904 and named Cap Rolland [sic]-Bonaparte, Pointe Bonaparte (Charcot, 1906b, p.319, 471), or Pointe Roland Bonaparte (Charcot, 1906a, map facing p.316), after Prince Roland-Napoléon Bonaparte (1858-1924), French patron of science; President, Société de Géographie (Paris), c. 1910 and 1919-24. Roland Bonaparte Point, referring to W entrance point of Biscoe Bay (BA chart 1238, 1908; 1948, p.190). Cap Roland-Bonaparte (Matha and Rey, 1911, p.37). Roland Bonaparte P. (HA chart, 1928). Punta Rolando Bonaparte, referring to W entrance point of Biscoe Bay (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949). Bonaparte Point, referring to W entrance point of Biscoe Bay (BA chart 3570, 27.vi.1952; APC, 1955, p.6). Following survey by FIDS from "Arthur Harbour" in 1955, the point was redefined as the S entrance point of the harbour (BA chart 3570, 27.ix.1957; APC, 1958, p.4). Punta Bonaparte (Argentina. MM chart 129, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.208; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.49). Bonaparte Point Peninsula (BA, 1967, p.19). |
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| Bonaparte Point (USA) | 64° 47' 00.0" S | 64° 05' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 122696
Place ID: 1558
Narrow point at the S side of Arthur Harbor on the SW coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted by the FrAE, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for Prince Roland Bonaparte, then President of the Paris Geographical Society. |
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| Bonaparte, punta (ARG) | 64° 47' 00.0" S | 64° 05' 00.0" W | Point |
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| Bonaparte, Punta (CHL) | 64° 46' 00.0" S | 64° 04' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 105206
Place ID: 1558
Esta punta fue cartografiada por la Expedición Antártica Francesa de 1903-1905, al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot, quien la llamó Roland Bonaparte por el nombre del Príncipe Roland Bonaparte, entonces Presidente de la Sociedad Geográfica de París. Posteriormente, se ha usado punta Bonaparte, para evitar el nombre compuesto. Está situada en la costa SW de la isla Anvers, a 10 millas al ENW del cabo Lancaster, constituyendo el límite W de la bahía Biscoe, archipiélago de Palmer. |
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| Svart Mountain (AUS) | 67° 14' 23.6" S | 58° 31' 24.6" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1558
Place ID: 14279
A peak about 210 m high on the south-west side of Law Promontory. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Svartjell (Black Mountain). |
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