Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Norseman Point (GBR) | 68° 12' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110383
Place ID: 10376
E point of Neny Island and W entrance point of Neny Bay, Marguerite Bay, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by BGLE in 1936 and resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1947; named after the Canadian Car and Foundry Co. Norseman floatplane (FO P.B. St Louis, Mount St Louis, q.v.), which landed near this point to relieve the "Stonington Island" party in February 1950 (APC, 1955, p.16; BA chart 3213, 23.iii.1956). Punta Parodi, so called by CAE probably after a member of the expedition (Chile. IH chart 1604, 1969). |
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| Norseman Point (USA) | 68° 12' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 129483
Place ID: 10376
Easternmost point of Neny Island, lying in Marguerite Bay off the W coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Named by the FIDS after the Norseman airplane which landed near the point to relieve the FIDS party on Stonington Island in February 1950. |
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| Parodi, Punta (CHL) | 68° 12' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 135063
Place ID: 10376
El nombre corresponde al apellido del teniente 1º Arturo Parodi Alister, Fuerza Aérea de Chile, piloto del primer vuelo antártico chileno, en un hidroavión Vought Sikorsky embarcado en el transporte "Angamos" de la Armada de Chile, durante la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1947. Punta que constituye el extremo oriental de la isla Neny, en la bahía Margarita, frente a la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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