Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Chiriguano Bay (GBR) | 64° 28' 00.0" S | 62° 31' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 108188
Place ID: 2631
Bay NE of Strath Point, Brabant Island, off W Graham Land. Following survey of the area by AAE, 1948 9, named Bahía Chiriguano after the Argentine tugboat Chiriguano which took part in the survey (ARG chart 1949 & gaz.1970); photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956 57. Chiriguano Bay (GBR gaz.1986). |
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| Chiriguano Bay (USA) | 64° 28' 00.0" S | 62° 31' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 123529
Place ID: 2631
A bay NE of Strath Point, indenting the S end of Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago. The bay was surveyed and named "Bahia Chiriguano" by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1948-49, after the Argentine tugboat Chiriguano which took part in the survey. |
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| Chiriguano, bahía (ARG) | 64° 28' 00.0" S | 62° 31' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 100499 Place ID: 2631 | |||
| Wilson, Bahía (CHL) | 64° 28' 00.0" S | 62° 32' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 106490
Place ID: 2631
El nombre corresponde al apellido del capitán de fragata Víctor Wilson Amenábar, comandante de la PF. "Iquique" de la Armada de Chile, quien participó en la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1952-1953. Bahía de aproximadamente 4 millas de saco, que se abre al E del cabo Lagrange, en la costa S de la isla Brabante, archipiélago de Palmer. |
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