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| Tula Point (GBR) | 65° 31' 00.0" S | 65° 39' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 111676
Place ID: 15043
NE point of Renaud Island (q.v.), Biscoe Islands, was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956; in association with Lively Point (q.v.), named Cape Tula after the brig Tula, built by Thomas Pope of Mount Batten, Devon, in 1819, one of the two ships of Biscoe's 1830-33 expedition and commanded by Biscoe (APC, 1955, p.21; BA chart 3570, 21.ix.1957). Tula Point (APC, 1959a, p.12; BA chart 3573, 26.viii.1960). Cabo Tula (Chile. DNH chart 1502, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.285). Punta Tula (Chile. IH chart 58, 1971). |
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| Tula Point (USA) | 65° 31' 00.0" S | 65° 39' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 132946
Place ID: 15043
Point forming the NE extremity of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands. The Biscoe Islands were discovered in 1832 by a British expedition under John Biscoe and were first roughly surveyed by the FrAE, 1903-05 and 1908-10. Renaud Island was again roughly surveyed in 1935-36 by the BGLE. The point was named in 1954 by the UK-APC for the Tula, one of the two vessels of Biscoe's 1830-32 expedition. |
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| Tula, Cabo (CHL) | 65° 31' 00.0" S | 65° 39' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 106393
Place ID: 15043
Estas islas fueron descubiertas en febrero de 1832 por una Expedición Británica al mando de John Biscoe y efectuaron su levantamiento por primera vez las expediciones Francesas de 1903-1905 y de 1908-1910, ambas al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot. La isla Renaud fue nuevamente levantada en 1935-1936 por la Expedición Británica al mando de John Rymill. Este cabo en 1954 fue denominada por el Comité Británico para poner Nombres Antárticos, por el "Tula", uno de los barcos de la expedición de 1830-1832 al mando de Biscoe. Constituye la extremidad NE de la isla Renaud en las islas Biscoe. |
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| Tula, punta (ARG) | 65° 31' 00.0" S | 65° 39' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 102352 Place ID: 15043 | |||
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