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| Dos Mogotes, isla (ARG) | 64° 09' 00.0" S | 61° 44' 00.0" W | Island |
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| Two Hummock Island (GBR) | 64° 08' 00.0" S | 61° 43' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 111699
Place ID: 15135
on W side of Gerlache Strait, Danco Coast, SE of Liège Island, was roughly charted by Hoseason (Hoseason Island, q.v.) in 1824 and so named in reference to its shape (Powell, chart, 1828; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; [in 64°08'S 61°38'W] 3205, 25.iii.1937; [co-ordinates corrected] APC, 1955, p.21; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962). Île Three-Hummocks [sic], Île Two-Hummock (d'Urville, 1842, p.20 and end map). Isla Two Hummock (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.286). Hummock-Inseln, Two Hummock Insel (Friederichsen, 1895, p.301 and Tafel 7 facing p.304). Humock [sic] Inseln (Fricker, 1898, map p.122). Humock Is (Ohlin 1898, map p.302). Humock Islands (Bartholomew, map, 1898a). The island was further charted by BeAE, 24-26 January 1898, when its position was corrected and a landing was made. Île Deux Hummocks (Lecointe, chart, 1899). Île des Deux Hummocks (Gerlache, 1900b, p.466; Lecointe, 1903, Carte 5). Île Two Hummocks (Lecointe, 1900a, map facing p.132). Two Hummocks Island (Cook, 1900, map p.xx). Two Hummocks (Arçtowski, 1901a, p.161; Ferguson, chart, 1918a,). Isola dei DueHummocks (Gerlache, 1902a). Zwei-Hummocks-Insel (Cook, 1903, map following p.x). Île des 2 Hummocks, Two Hummocks-Insel, Two Hummocks Ön (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904c, map p.232-33; 1904b, Vol. 2, p.115; 1904a, Del.1, end map). Île des Deux Humocks [sic] (Charcot, 1906a, map facing p.316). Isla Two Hummocks (Riso Patron S., 1908, p.14; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.286). Islas [sic] Two Hummocks (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Two Hummocks Islet (Charcot, [1911b], p.252). The island was further charted from the whale-catcher Hanka (Kapt. M.G. Hansen), 1913-14. The Two Hummocks (Lester, 1920-22b, p.2-5). Two Hummock Ö (HA chart, 1928). Hummockøene (Aagaard, 1931). Isla Dos Colinas [= two hills island] (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947). Isla Dos Mogotes [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.248b; Pierrou, 1970, p.320). Two Hammock [sic] Insel, as rejected form (USBGN, 1956, p.310). Two Summit Island (q.v.), in error (USHO, 1956, p.20). The island was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956. Dos Mogotes (Frenguelli and Orlando, 1958, Fig.15). Ostrov To-Khammok (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Two Hummock Island (USA) | 64° 08' 00.0" S | 61° 42' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 133019
Place ID: 15135
Ice-covered island, 5 mi long in a N-S direction, conspicuous for its two rocky summits 670 m high, lying 5 mi SE of Liege Island in the Palmer Archipelago. This name has appeared on maps for over 100 years and its usage has become established internationally. |
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| Two Hummock, Isla (CHL) | 64° 08' 00.0" S | 61° 42' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 106402
Place ID: 15135
Este nombre ha aparecido en los mapas por más de un siglo y su uso se ha establecido internacionalmente. Isla cubierta de hielo de aproximadamente 5 millas de largo por 3 millas de ancho, es elevada debido a dos cumbres rocosas de más o menos 700 metros de altura, situada a unas 18 millas al WSW de cabo Sterneck, retirada de la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins |
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