Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Vanssay Point (GBR) | 65° 04' 00.0" S | 64° 02' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 111739
Place ID: 15323
SW side of Port Charcot (q.v.), Booth Island, Graham Coast, was named Pointe de Vanssay de Blavous by FAE, 1903-05, after M. de Vanssay de Blavous, French hydrographer (Charcot, 1906b, p.473). Pointe de Vanssay (Charcot, 1908, map p.39). Vanssay Pynten (HA chart, 1927). Vansay [sic] Point (BA, 1930, p.85). Point de Vanssay (USHO, 1943, p.136). Vanssay Point (BA, 1948, p.200; APC, 1955, p.21). Punta Vanssay (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.283). |
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| Vanssay Point (USA) | 65° 04' 00.0" S | 64° 01' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 133152
Place ID: 15323
The extremity of a small peninsula which extends N into the W portion of Port Charcot, Booth Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by the FrAE, 1903-05, under Charcot, and named by him for Monsieur De Vanssay de Blavous. |
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