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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Charles Point (GBR) | 64° 14' 00.0" S | 61° 00' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108161
Place ID: 2547
N entrance point of Brialmont Cove, Danco Coast, was charted by James Hoseason, First Mate in the sealer Sprightly, in 1824 and named Cape Charles (Powell, chart, 1828; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839), but the name was subsequently misapplied to other features in the area. Cabo Carlos (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861). Kapp Charles (HA chart, 1928). Cabo Marinero Paredes, so called by CAE, 1947, after Marinero Luis S. Paredes Uribe, of the Chilean Navy, who wintered at "Arturo Prat Station", Greenwich Island, in 1947 (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947). Cape von Sterneck (Sterneck Island, q.v.), as rejected name (USBGN, 1947, p.145). Cabo Spring, in error for Spring Point (q.v.) (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1955). The point was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57. Cabo Charles, Cabo Clark, as rejected names (Argentina. MM, 1957b, p.2). Charles Point (APC, 1960, p.3; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). Punta Charles (Chile. DNH chart 1501, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.73). Cabo Sterneck, Punta Paredes, as rejected names (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.73). |
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| Charles Point (USA) | 64° 14' 00.0" S | 61° 00' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 123476
Place ID: 2547
Point forming the N side of the entrance to Brialmont Cove, on the W coast of Graham Land. The present name derives from Cape Charles, first used in about 1831. This name, appearing on early maps in this approximate location, has sometimes been misapplied to the cape at the N side of Hughes Bay. |
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| Charles, Punta (CHL) | 64° 14' 00.0" S | 61° 00' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 105314
Place ID: 2547
Durante la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1947, se denominó a este accidente cabo Marinero Paredes por el marinero (C) Luis S. Paredes Uribe de la Armada de Chile, que invernó ese año formando parte de la dotación de la Base Antártica Chilena en isla Greenwich. En 1952 se empezó a usar punta Paredes para evitar el nombre compuesto. En su forma actual se usa desde 1962. Extremo N de caleta Brialmont, en el interior de bahía Hughes, costa occidental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. Este nombre ha sido confundido en algunas ocasiones con el cabo Sterneck, que está 10 millas más al N. |
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| The Corridor (AUS) | 68° 34' 54.8" S | 78° 08' 21.5" E | Valley |
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Name ID: 2547
Place ID: 3012
A flat valley extending EW along which the route from Davis to Ellis Rapids runs. |
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