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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Cierva Cove (GBR) | 64° 09' 00.0" S | 60° 53' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 108205
Place ID: 2691
E of Cierva Point, Hughes Bay, Danco Coast, was sighted by BeAE in January 1898; called in error Brialmont Bay (Knoldebucht) [=knoll bay] (Brialmont Cove, q.v.) (Johannessen, chart, [1919-20]).Brialmont Cove (USHO, 1943, p.115). Caleta Brialmont (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.215). The cove was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57 and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Portal Point" in 1957-58; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after Juan de la Cierva (1895-1936), Spanish designer of the autogiro, the first successful rotating-wing aircraft, in 1923 (APC, 1960, p.3; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). Caleta Fontaine, after Capt. (N) Leopoldo Fontaine Nakin, commanding CAE, 1948-49 (Chile. DNH chart 1400, 1961; IHA, 1974, p.126) |
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| Cierva Cove (USA) | 64° 09' 00.0" S | 60° 53' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 123567
Place ID: 2691
Cove lying 6 mi SE of Cape Sterneck in Hughes Bay, along the W coast of Graham Land. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Juan de la Cierva (1895-1936), Spanish designer of the autogiro, the first successful rotating wing aircraft in 1923. |
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| Cierva, caleta (ARG) | 64° 09' 00.0" S | 60° 53' 00.0" W | Cove |
| Name ID: 100507 Place ID: 2691 | |||
| Fontaine, Caleta (CHL) | 64° 09' 00.0" S | 60° 53' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 105562
Place ID: 2691
Su nombre le fue puesto en 1962 por el Instituto Hidrográfico de la Armada de Chile por el comodoro de la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1949, capitán de navío Leopoldo Fontaine Nankin. En una carta de 1961 figuró erróneamente como caleta Brialmont. Caleta que se abre inmediatamente al S de cabo Sterneck, entre éste y el cabo Tisné, sobre la costa occidental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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