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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Ablación, punta (ARG) | 70° 48' 00.0" S | 68° 22' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 100005
Place ID: 17
En la costa este de la isla Alejandro I, marca el lado norte de la entrada al valle Ablación. Fue fotografiada por primera vez desde el aire en 1935 por Lincoln Ellsworth. Posteriormente se la bautizó con el nombre de valle Ablation. El topónimo propuesto por Fuchs, deriva del cercano y preexistente nombre del valle. SHN carta H-7. |
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| Ablation Point (RUS) | 70° 48' 00.0" S | 68° 22' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 116726 Place ID: 17 | |||
| Ablation Point (GBR) | 70° 48' 00.0" S | 68° 21' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 107429
Place ID: 17
E extremity of rock ridge rising to 550m and forming N entrance point of Ablation Valley (q.v.), was surveyed and used as a site for FIDS depots in 1948-49 (Fuchs, 1951b, p.20-21); named in association with the valley (APC, 1955, p.4; USHO chart 6638, 1956; DOS 610 sheet W7068, 1960). Mys Ableyshen (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Punta Ablacion (Argentina. AA, 1991, p.1) |
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| Ablation Point (USA) | 70° 48' 00.0" S | 68° 22' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 121545
Place ID: 17
The E extremity of a hook-shaped rock ridge marking the N side of the entrance to Ablation Valley on the E coast of Alexander Island. First photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE and resurveyed in 1949 by the FIDS. Named by FIDS for nearby Ablation Valley. |
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| Law Dome Summit (AUS) | 66° 44' 00.0" S | 112° 50' 00.0" E | AWS |
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Name ID: 17
Place ID: 8210
The automatic weather station was established in April 1986. It is located at an elevation of 1395m (per 1:1M map sheet SQ49-50). |
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