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| Christiania Islands (GBR) | 63° 57' 00.0" S | 61° 28' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 108195
Place ID: 2659
ENE of Liège Island, Palmer Archipelago, including Intercurrence Island (q.v.) Gulch Island, Small Island (q.v.), Babel Rock and Grinder Rock, were charted by BeAE in January 1898 and named Îles Christiania after Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, where the expedition ship Belgica was fitted out (Lecointe, map, 1899; Gerlache, 1902b, p.37). Christiania Islands (Cook, 1900, map p.xx; BA chart 3205, 1.vi.1901; APC, 1955, p.7; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962). Birch (chart, 1911) incorrectly reported the islands as non-existent. Kristiania Inseln (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol. 2, first end map). Île Kristiania (Nordenskjöld and others, [1904c], map p.232-33). Kristiania Öarna (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904a, Del. 1, end map). Kristiania Island (Nordenskjöld and others, 1905, map facing p.316). Islas Christiania (Jalour, [1907b], p.37; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.76). Isla Christiania (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Christiania Islets (BA, 1916, p.403). Christiania Öyane (HA chart, 1928). Christiania-Öene (Risting, 1929, map p.33). Christiania-Öen (Aagaard, 1930, end map). Christianiaøia (Isachsen, 1934, p.134). Concerning these islands, Bagshawe noted that "the whalers usually refer to the large one only as Christiania Island [Intercurrence Island], ignoring the two smaller ones" (Bagshawe, 1939, footnote p.186). Chrisiiania [sic] Islands, Christian Islands (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942). Islas Cristianía (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947). Islotes Christiania (Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948; [referring to the NE part of Intercurrence Island, shown as two islands] Argentina. MM, chart 106, 1949). The islands were photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Ostrova Kristianiya (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Islotes Cristiania [sic] (Pierrou, 1970, p.274). Christiana [sic] Islands (USDMAAC chart JNC-117N, 1975). |
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| Christiania Islands (USA) | 63° 57' 00.0" S | 61° 27' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 123544
Place ID: 2659
Group of islands and rocks between Liege and Trinity Islands, in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache, who named the group for Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, where he obtained assistance and equipment for the expedition. |
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| Christiania, Ile (BEL) | 63° 57' 00.0" S | 61° 27' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 104907
Place ID: 2659
Capitale de la Norvège (Oslo) où Adrien de Gerlache eut beaucoup de relations favorables à son expédition (1897-1899). |
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| Christiania, Islas (CHL) | 63° 57' 00.0" S | 61° 26' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105328
Place ID: 2659
Estas islas fueron levantadas por la Expedición Antártica Belga, 1897-1899, al mando del teniente Adrien de Gerlache, quien les dio el nombre por la ciudad de Christiania, actualmente Oslo, Noruega, donde obtuvo ayuda y equipo para su expedición. En algunas cartas chilenas de 1947 y 1951 figuró como islas Cristiania. Grupo de islas, islotes y rocas compuesto principalmente por las islas: Intercurrence, Aragay y Small, cuyo centro está ubicado 10 millas al E de la punta Moureaux, extremo N de la isla Lieja, archipiélago de Palmer. |
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