Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Portal Point (GBR) | 64° 30' 00.0" S | 61° 46' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110679
Place ID: 11485
NE tip of Reclus Peninsula, Danco Coast, forming SW entrance point of Charlotte Bay, is the site of a FIDS station established on 7 December 1956 and occupied intermittently for survey work, 1957-58, after which it was closed; was so named because a route to the central plateau of N Graham Land was established from the station, the name being descriptive of a gateway (APC, 1960, p.6; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). No letter was assigned to the station, as in the case of other FIDS stations, but it was referred to as "Portal Point" or "Reclus Peninsula". |
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| Portal Point (USA) | 64° 30' 00.0" S | 61° 46' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 130269
Place ID: 11485
Narrow point in the NE part of Reclus Peninsula, on the W coast of Graham Land. In 1956, an FIDS hut was established on the point, from which a route to the plateau was established. So named by the UK-APC in 1960 because the point is the "gateway" of the route. |
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| Portal, punta (ARG) | 64° 30' 00.0" S | 61° 46' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 101889 Place ID: 11485 | |||
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