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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Penguin Point (GBR) | 64° 18' 26.0" S | 56° 42' 30.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110563
Place ID: 11073
SE coast of Seymour Island, was possibly sighted by Ross in 1843 (Ross, 1847a, p.343); roughly charted by Larsen in November 1893 (Larsen, 1894b, p.333) and called Cap Seymour, in association with the island (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304); surveyed by SwAE in January 1902 and named Pinguinenkap because of a large penguin rookery found there (Pinguinbucht, q.v.) (Nordenskjöld, 1911b, Karte 3); surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1946 and 1952. Penguin Point (APC, 1955, p.17; DOS 610 sheet W 64 56, 1961). Penguinenkap [sic], as rejected form (USBGN, 1956, p.239). |
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| Penguin Point (USA) | 64° 19' 00.0" S | 56° 43' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 129996
Place ID: 11073
Point located centrally along the S shore of Seymour Island, lying SE of James Ross Island at the S margin of Erebus and Terror Gulf. The point was possibly seen in 1843 by a British expedition under Ross, and was roughly charted by Capt. C.A. Larsen who landed on the island in 1892 and 1893. Recharted by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold, 1901-04, who so named it because a large penguin colony was found there. |
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| Pingüino, punta (I. Marambio) (ARG) | 64° 19' 00.0" S | 56° 43' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 101862 Place ID: 11073 | |||
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