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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Point Thomas (GBR) | 62° 09' 16.5" S | 58° 28' 56.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 111562
Place ID: 14622
S entrance point of Ezcurra Inlet (q.v.), Admiralty Bay, King George Island, was charted by FAE, 1908-10, in December 1909 and named Pointe Thomas after a sailor in the expedition ship Pourquoi Pas? (Charcot, 1912, Pl. 1; Bongrain, 1914, Pl. 3 (upper photograph) following p.60). Thomas Point (BA, 1916, views facing p.388). Point Thomas (BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929; APC, 1955, p.21; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962). Punta Thomas (Chile. DNH chart 502, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.688; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.276). Hennequin Point, in error (Point Hennequin, q.v.) (USOO chart 6943, 1963). A Polish station was established on the point in February 1977 and named "Henryk Arctowski" after H. Arctowski (Arctowski Nunatak, q.v.). "Arctowski" (SPRI, 1978b, p.325; BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981). "Stacja H. Arctowskiego", "H. Arctowski Station" (Birkenmajer, 1979b, Fig. 4, p.4 and p.5). "Stacje Arctowskiego" (Birkenmajer, 1980a, p.88). |
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| Point Thomas (USA) | 62° 10' 00.0" S | 58° 30' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 132637
Place ID: 14622
Point marking the S side of the entrance to Ezcurra Inlet in Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot, and named by him for a member of the expedition. |
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| Thomas, punta (ARG) | 62° 09' 00.0" S | 58° 29' 00.0" W | Point |
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| Thomas, Punta (CHL) | 62° 08' 00.0" S | 58° 29' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 106356
Place ID: 14622
El nombre fue puesto por el Dr. Jean B. Charcot, por uno de los miembros de su expedición en 1908-1910. Esta punta limita el lado S de la entrada a ensenada Ezcurra en bahía Almirantazgo, isla Rey Jorge, de las islas Shetland del Sur. Es escarpada y libre de nieve. |
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