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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Morton Strait (RUS) | 62° 40' 00.0" S | 61° 15' 00.0" W | Strait |
| Name ID: 119520 Place ID: 9882 | |||
| Morton Strait (GBR) | 62° 41' 50.1" S | 61° 13' 12.3" W | Strait |
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Name ID: 110242
Place ID: 9882
running NW-SE between Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island) and Rugged Island to NE, and Snow Island to SW, was roughly charted by nineteenth-century sealers. Strait of Despair, Straits of Despair (Fildes, 1821c, 1821b). Mortons Straits (Weddell, 1825a, map facing p.132). Despair Strait (Fildes, 1827, p.454). Mortons Strasse (Weddell, 1827, third end map). Morton's Strait (Powell, chart, 1828). Morton Strait (BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 3205, 25.iii.1937; APC, 1955, p.15; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962; DOS 610 sheet W 62 60, 1968). Estrecho de Morton (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861). Hell Gates (q.v.), in error for this feature (Blunt, chart, 1864). Morton Strasse (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Détroit Morton (Gerlache, 1902b, p.141). Estrecho Mortor [sic], incorrectly referring to the strait between Livingston Island and Deception Island (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Détroit de Morton (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1). Morton S. (HA chart, 1928). The strait was recharted by DI, 1930-31 (Carey and Nelson, 1931b). Estrecho Morton (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.533; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.205). Estrecho Norton [sic] (Argentina. MM chart MU-III, 1954). The strait was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Stretto Norton [sic] (Zavatti, 1958, Tav.9). Proliv Morton (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Morton Strait (USA) | 62° 42' 00.0" S | 61° 14' 00.0" W | Strait |
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Name ID: 129133
Place ID: 9882
Strait between Snow Island on the SW and Rugged and Livingston Islands on the NE, in the South Shetland Islands. The strait was named on a chart by James Weddell, published in 1825, and is now established in international usage. |
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| Morton, estrecho (ARG) | 62° 41' 00.0" S | 61° 14' 00.0" W | Strait |
| Name ID: 101618 Place ID: 9882 | |||
| Morton, Estrecho (CHL) | 62° 43' 00.0" S | 61° 15' 00.0" W | Strait |
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Name ID: 105966
Place ID: 9882
En el año 1825 figuró en una carta con el nombre que ahora se conoce internacionalmente, fue cartografiado por James Weddell. Estrecho situado entre las islas Rugged y Livingston por el N, y la isla Snow por el S, en las islas Shetland del Sur. |
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