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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Stigant Point (RUS) | 62° 02' 00.0" S | 58° 45' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 120790 Place ID: 14041 | |||
| Stigant Point (GBR) | 62° 01' 22.0" S | 58° 42' 40.1" W | Point |
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Name ID: 111405
Place ID: 14041
WSW of Davey Point, NW King George Island, was charted by DI, 1934-35, and named after George Bertie Stigant (1889-1973), cartographer and linguist, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, 1910-55 (Superintending Cartographer, 1935-51) (Nelson and others, chart 1935c; BA chart 3205, 25.iii.1937; APC, 1958, p.6; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962). Punta Stigant (Argentina. MM chart 64, 1939; Pierrou, 1970, p.673; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.268). Pointe Stigant (France. SHM, 1954, p.44). Stignant [sic] Point, in error (APC, 1955, p.20). The point was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Punta Stigan [sic] (Argentina. MM, 1957a, p.41). Mys Stigant (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Stigant Point (USA) | 62° 02' 00.0" S | 58° 45' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 132189
Place ID: 14041
Conspicuous point, 65 m high, lying 6 mi SW of Davey Point on the N coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named in 1935 by DI personnel on the of the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty. |
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| Stigant, punta (ARG) | 62° 01' 00.0" S | 58° 43' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 102240 Place ID: 14041 | |||
| Stigant, Punta (CHL) | 62° 01' 00.0" S | 58° 42' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 106319
Place ID: 14041
Fue cartografiada y denominada en el año 1935, por el personal de la Discovery II. Probablemente, el nombre fue dado en recuerdo de G. B. Stipaut, miembro durante largos años del Departamento de Hidrografía del Almirantazgo. Toma este nombre una punta conspicua de 64 metros de altura, cerca de 12 millas al WSW de punta Redonda en la costa N de la isla Rey Jorge, en las islas Shetland del Sur. |
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