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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Cape Rymill (GBR) | 69° 30' 00.0" S | 62° 25' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 110999
Place ID: 12561
on W side of Stefansson Sound, Wilkins Coast, was photographed from the air by Wilkins, 20 December 1928 (Wilkins, 1929, Fig. 23, p.369) and by Ellsworth, 21 November 1935 (Ellsworth, 1936b, p.7); following comparison of Wilkins' and Ellsworth's photographs, roughly located by Joerg (1937, Fig. 12, p.439 and map facing p.444); rephotographed from the air and surveyed from the ground by USAS in 1940, and named after J.R. Rymill (Rymill Bay, q.v.) (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; USHO, 1943, p.273; Bertrand and others, 1948, Fig. 1, p.483; APC, 1955, p.18; DCS 601 sheet 69 62, 1955; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). Cabo Rymill (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.641; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.252). The cape was re-surveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947. Kap Rymill (Kosack, 1955a, end map). Mys Raimill (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Cape Rymill (USA) | 69° 30' 00.0" S | 62° 25' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 131089
Place ID: 12561
A steep, metamorphic rock cliff standing opposite the central part of Hearst Island and jutting out from the icecap along the E coast of Palmer Land. Named for John Rymill by members of the East Base of the USAS who charted this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Rymill was the leader of the BGLE, and in 1936 sledged eastward across Antarctic Peninsula to 6945S, 6328W. |
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| Rymill, cabo (ARG) | 69° 30' 00.0" S | 62° 25' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 102085 Place ID: 12561 | |||
| Rymill, Cabo (CHL) | 69° 30' 00.0" S | 62° 25' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 106227
Place ID: 12561
El nombre fue puesto en 1940 por personal de la Base Este del USAS, en recuerdo de John R. Rymill, australiano, jefe de la Expedición Británica, 1934-1937, que en 1936 cruzó la península Tierra de O'Higgins hacia el este. Está situado a 26 millas al SE de cabo Huiks. Es un acantilado de piedra desnuda de 210 metros de altura, en la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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