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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Waddington Bay (GBR) | 65° 16' 00.0" S | 64° 05' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 111795
Place ID: 15628
on E side of Penola Strait between Cape Tuxen and Rasmussen Island, Graham Coast, was partially defined by BeAE in February 1898; roughly charted by FAE, 1908-10, in 1909 and named Baie Waddington after Sénateur Waddington, Président de la Chambre de Commerce, who honoured FAE on its return to Rouen in 1910 (Charcot, 1912, Pl.3). Waddington Bay (BA chart 3175, 1934; Rymill, 1938a, map facing p .400; APC, 1955, p.22; DOS 610 sheet W 65 64, 1959). The bay was further charted by BGLE in 1936. Bahía Waddington (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.721; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.297). The bay was recharted by FIDS-RN in 1958. |
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| Waddington Bay (USA) | 65° 16' 00.0" S | 64° 05' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 133336
Place ID: 15628
Bay 2 mi long, in a NW-SE direction, and 1 mi wide, indenting the W coast of Graham Land immediately N of Cape Tuxen. This bay is partially defined on the charts of the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache. It was more fully delineated by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot, who named it for Senator Waddington, president of the Chamber of Commerce at Rouen. |
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| Waddington, bahía (ARG) | 65° 16' 00.0" S | 64° 07' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 102437 Place ID: 15628 | |||
| Waddington, Bahía (CHL) | 65° 16' 00.0" S | 64° 04' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 106455
Place ID: 15628
Esta bahía es parcialmente definida, en las cartas de la Expedición Belga efectuada entre los años 1897-1899, al mando del teniente Adrien de Gerlache. Fue delineada en forma más completa por la Expedición Francesa de 1908-1910, al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot, quien le dio el nombre del senador Waddington, presidente de la Cámara de Comercio de Rouen. Bahía de unas 2 millas de largo de una dirección NW-SE y de 1 milla de ancho situada en la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins, entre cabo Rasmussen y cabo Tuxen. Está constantemente invadida por hielos flotantes, al fondo de ella desciende un glaciar. |
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