Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Telefon Rocks (RUS) | 62° 15' 00.0" S | 58° 28' 00.0" W | Rock |
| Name ID: 120926 Place ID: 14494 | |||
| Telefon Rocks (GBR) | 62° 14' 30.1" S | 58° 26' 21.1" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 111526
Place ID: 14494
rising 25 m above sea level off Telefon Point, S King George Island, were charted by August F. Christensen, Manager of the Vesterlid whaling expedition, 1908-09, and named Telefon Klippene after the 4000-ton Norwegian collier Telefon (Kapt. Roland Nilsen) which was stranded on the rocks, 27 December 1908, while carrying coal to the Magellan Whaling Company at Deception Island (Aagaard, 1930, p.251-52). The ship was salvaged, beached for the winter of 1909 on Telefon Bay (q.v.), and sailed to Punta Arenas in February 1910. Telefon Rocks (BA chart 1238, xi.1910; 3205, 2.ix.1938; APC, 1955, p.20; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962). Rocher Telefon, Rochers du Telefon (Charcot, 1912, Pl. 1, 11). Telefon Skjne. (HA chart, 1928). Telefonrocksene (Isachsen, 1934, p.147). Rocas Teléfono (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). Roca Teléfono (Chile. IGM map, 1947). Rocas Telefon (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.680; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.274). Rochers du Téléphone (France. SHM chart 5504, 1951). The rocks were recharted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from John Biscoe, 1951-52. Telephon [sic] Rocks (Hunt, chart, 1951-52b). Roches Telefon (France. SHM, 1954, p.45). Skaly Telefon (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.175). |
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| Telefon Rocks (USA) | 62° 15' 00.0" S | 58° 27' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 132537
Place ID: 14494
Group of rocks 1.5 mi SSW of Demay Point, at the W side of the entrance to Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named after the Telefon, a vessel which went aground and was abandoned there in 1908. |
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| Telefon, rocas (ARG) | 62° 14' 00.0" S | 58° 27' 00.0" W | Rock |
| Name ID: 102280 Place ID: 14494 | |||
| Telefon, Rocas (CHL) | 62° 14' 00.0" S | 58° 24' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 106346
Place ID: 14494
Desde el año 1908 se le dio este nombre pues en ellas el buque "Telefon" se despedazó. Grupo de rocas a 1,5 milla al SW de punta Demay en la costa W de la entrada a bahía Almirantazgo, isla Rey Jorge, en las islas Shetland del Sur. Forman un grupo de piedras altas, algunas de las cuales alcanzan una elevación de 46 metros. |
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