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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| The Triplets (GBR) | 62° 23' 29.0" S | 59° 40' 58.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 111654
Place ID: 14965
three-pointed hill rising to 135 m and forming W entrance point of Mitchell Cove, Robert Island, was charted by DI, 1934-35, and named descriptively (Nelson, 1935; BA, 1942, p.42; APC, 1955, p.21; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962; DOS 610 sheet W 62 58, 1968). Punta The Triplets (Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948). Punta Tres Mellizos [=triplets point] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.211; Pierrou, 1970, p.694). The hill was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS, 1957-59. Triplets (Chile. DNH, chart 1405, 1961). Cerro Triplets (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.95; IHA, 1974, p.282). Cabezo Triplets (Chile. DNH chart 1405, 1961). Cerro Triplet (Schlatter and others, 1968, map p.7). Point Triplets (Araya and Hervé, 1972, p.108). |
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| The Triplets (USA) | 62° 24' 00.0" S | 59° 41' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 132886
Place ID: 14965
A three-pointed peak at the SE side of Coppermine Cove, near the W end of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears to have been applied by DI personnel on the Discovery II, who charted the peak in 1935. |
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| Tres Mellizos, punta (ARG) | 62° 24' 00.0" S | 59° 41' 00.0" W | Peak |
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| Triplets, Cerro (CHL) | 62° 23' 00.0" S | 59° 45' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 106386
Place ID: 14965
El nombre es descriptivo y habría sido denominado por la Investigación Discovery en 1935. Cerro de tres puntas que se alza en el extremo de una península montañosa que separa a las caletas Copper Mine y Nailon, cerca del extremo NW de la isla Robert de las islas Shetland del Sur. |
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