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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Tay, estrecho (ARG) | 63° 22' 00.0" S | 55° 45' 00.0" W | Strait |
| Name ID: 102278 Place ID: 14473 | |||
| Tay, Estrecho (CHL) | 63° 22' 00.0" S | 55° 45' 00.0" W | Strait |
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Name ID: 135126
Place ID: 14473
Descubierto en 1892-1893 por el capitán Thomas Robertson de la expedición ballenera de Dundee. El nombre se lo dio Robertson por el estero (firth) de Tay, Escocia. Estrecho de aproximadamente 12 millas de largo y de un ancho promedio de 6 millas, que se extiende en dirección NW-SE entre el lado NE de la isla Dundee y la porción E de la isla Joinville. Limita al W con el estrecho Active, con el cual completa la separación entre las islas Dundee y Joinville. |
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| Tay, Firth of (RUS) | 63° 20' 00.0" S | 55° 50' 00.0" W | Strait |
| Name ID: 120914 Place ID: 14473 | |||
| Tay, Firth of (GBR) | 63° 22' 00.0" S | 55° 44' 00.0" W | Strait |
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Name ID: 111519
Place ID: 14473
between SE point of Joinville Island and NE point of Dundee Island, forming E entrance to Active Sound, was charted from Active (Capt. T. Robertson, Cape Robertson, q.v.) of DWE, 7 January 1893, and named Tay Firth (Donald, chart, [1892-93]; 1896, p.633) or Firth of Tay (BA chart 1238, x.1893; Robertson, chart, 1893b; BA chart 3205, 25.iii.1937; 12.ii.1954; APC, 1955, p.20; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962), after the Firth of Tay, Scotland. Frith [sic] of Tay (Robertson, chart, 1893a). Estrecho Fairweather, in erroneous association with Cape Fairweather (q.v.) (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Seno de Tay (Riso Patron S., 1908, p.13). Tay Fd (HA chart 1928). Firth of Tay (Active Sound) (Aagaard, 1930, end map). Forth [sic] of Tay (France. SHM, 1937, p.402). Estrecho de Tay (Argentina. MM chart 103, 1949). Estrecho Tay (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.314; Pierrou, 1970, p.679). Tay (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.316). The feature was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1953-54 and 1958-61. Zaliv Fert-of-Tay (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Tay, Firth of (USA) | 63° 22' 00.0" S | 55° 45' 00.0" W | Strait |
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Name ID: 132515
Place ID: 14473
Sound, 12 mi long and 6 mi wide, extending in a NW-SE direction between the NE side of Dundee Island and the E portion of Joinville Island. It merges to the NW with Active Sound with which it completes the separation of Dundee and Joinville Islands. Discovered in 1892-93 by Capt. Thomas Robertson of the Dundee whaling expedition and named by him after the Firth of Tay of Scotland. |
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