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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Williams Point (RUS) | 62° 27' 00.0" S | 60° 10' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 121395 Place ID: 16086 | |||
| Williams Point (GBR) | 62° 27' 05.4" S | 60° 08' 09.5" W | Point |
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Name ID: 111958
Place ID: 16086
NE point of Livingston Island and NW entrance point of McFarlane Strait, is believed to be the first part of the South Shetland Islands sighted by William Smith, 19 February 1819, and hence the first recorded sighting of land in Antarctica; roughly charted by Smith and named Cape Williams after his brig Williams (Smith, 1919; Miers, 1820a, p.372). Williams' Point (Foster, chart, 1820). Williams Punkt, Williams's Point, Cap William [sic], Pointe Williams (Miers, 1820b, map facing p.228; 1820a, Fig. 2, Pl. 12, p.367; 1821, map p.4 and p.14). Cape Millan [sic] (Weddell, 1825a, p.131). The point was recharted by DI, 1934-35. Williams Point (Nelson and others, chart, 1935b; BA chart 3205, 25.iii.1937; APC, 1955, p.22; BA chart 1776, 19.vii.1968). Punta Williams (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.728; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.303). William's Point, as rejected from (USBGN, 1956, p.327). The point was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS, 1957-59. Punta William [sic] (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 9). Mys Vil'yams (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). William [sic] Point (BA, 1961, p.232). |
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| Williams Point (USA) | 62° 27' 08.0" S | 60° 08' 11.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 133733
Place ID: 16086
Point forming the NE tip of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The discovery of the South Shetland Islands was first reported in 1819 by William Smith, Master of the brig published in 1820, he states that Smith gave the name Williams to a point of land in this vicinity. In recent years Williams Point has been established in international usage for the point described. |
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| Williams, punta (ARG) | 62° 27' 00.0" S | 60° 09' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 102482 Place ID: 16086 | |||
| Williams, Punta (CHL) | 62° 28' 00.0" S | 60° 07' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 106486
Place ID: 16086
El descubrimiento de las islas Shetland del Sur en el año 1819 fue dado a conocer por William Smith, capitán del bergantín "Williams". Smith en su libro John Meiers, publicado en 1820, cuenta su viaje y la situación que le da el nombre Williams corresponde a una punta de tierra en las cercanías de la actual. En los últimos años, al extremo NE de isla Livingston, se le conoce internacionalmente con el nombre de punta Williams. Esta punta constituye el extremo NE de isla Livingston, en las islas Shetland del Sur. Es de altura moderada, 34 mts., se destaca por estar libre de hielos en verano. |
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