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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Tripod Island (GBR) | 64° 19' 00.0" S | 62° 57' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 111655
Place ID: 14967
forming N entrance point of Andersen Harbour, Eta Island, Melchior Islands, Dallmann Bay, was roughly charted by DI in 1927 and named descriptively Tripod Islet (BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929; APC, 1955, p.21); further charted by USAS in 1941. Tripod Island (Berlin and Shirley, chart, [1941]; USHO, 1943, p.126; APC, 1959a, p.12; BA chart 3213, 12.viii.1960). The island was recharted by AAE in 1942, 1943 and 1948. Islote Trípode (Argentina. MM chart 101, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.697; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.282). Isla Trípode (Cordini, 1955, lámina 55). |
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| Tripod Island (USA) | 64° 19' 00.0" S | 62° 57' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 132887
Place ID: 14967
Small island which lies close S of the W extremity of Eta Island and marks the N side of the western entrance to Andersen Harbor in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The name was probably given by DI personnel who roughly surveyed the island in 1927. The island was resurveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948. |
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| Trípode, islote (ARG) | 64° 19' 00.0" S | 62° 57' 00.0" W | Island |
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| Trípode, Islote (CHL) | 64° 19' 00.0" S | 62° 57' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 106387
Place ID: 14967
El nombre fue probablemente puesto por la Investigación Discovery en 1927. Islote pequeño situado al S del extremo W de isla Eta que marca el lado N de la entrada a puerto Andersen en el archipiélago Melchior. |
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