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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Leroux Bay (GBR) | 65° 37' 00.0" S | 64° 19' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 109807
Place ID: 8356
between Takaki Promontory and Chavez Island, Graham Coast. Following survey by FAE, 1903-05, the name Baie Leroux, after Capt. (F) Leroux of the Argentina Navy, was applied to an ill-defined indentation in the coast S of Lahille Island (Charcot 1906a, map facing p.316; Matha and Rey, 1911, Pl.2); following further survey by FAE, 1908-10, applied collectively to Leroux Bay and Bigo Bay (q.v.) (Charcot, 1912, Pl.3). Leroux Bay (BA chart 1238, ix.1908; 1916, photograph facing p.407; [restricted to present feature] Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.400; APC, 1955, p.13; DOS 610 sheet W 65 64, 1959). The bay was resurveyed by BGLE in 1935-36, when its limits were defined. Bahía Leroux (Rymill and others, 1943, map facing p.96; Pierrou, 1970, p.481; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.183). The bay was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RN, 1956-58. Bukhta Leru (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Leroux Bay (USA) | 65° 36' 00.0" S | 64° 16' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 127958
Place ID: 8356
Bay 9 mi long in a NW-SE direction and averaging 5 mi wide, between Nunez Point and the narrow peninsula surmounted by Magnier Peaks, along the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the FrAE, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for Commander Leroux, Argentine Navy. More accurately delineated by the BGLE in 1935. |
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| Leroux, bahía (ARG) | 65° 37' 00.0" S | 64° 19' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 101372 Place ID: 8356 | |||
| Leroux, Bahía (CHL) | 65° 38' 00.0" S | 64° 10' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 105837
Place ID: 8356
Fue descubierta por la Expedición Antártica Francesa, al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot, durante los años 1903-1905, quien le dio el nombre del comandante Leroux de la Armada Argentina. Esta bahía fue descrita en forma más exacta por una Expedición Británica del año 1935, al mando de John Rymill en el buque "Penola". |
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