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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Circumcision, Port (GBR) | 65° 11' 00.0" S | 64° 09' 00.0" W | Anchorage |
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Name ID: 108208
Place ID: 2702
SE side of Petermann Island, Graham Coast, was charted by FAE, 1908-10, on 1 January 1909 (Feast of the Circumcision); named Port Circoncision (Charcot, 1910, map facing p.152; BA chart 3175, 9.x.1914; USBGN, 1956, p.85) and used as winter quarters, January-November 1909. Port Circumcision (Charcot, [1911b], p.67; BA, 1948, p.200-01; APC, 1955, p.7; USBGN, 1960, p.2). Puerto Circuncisión (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.289; Pierrou, 1970, p.248). "Refugio Groussac", named after Paul Groussac (1848-1902), French radical writer on Argentina, was established here by AAE, 8 February 1955 (Thomas, 1957a, p.523; Argentina. MM, 1957a, p.143; Pierrou, 1970, p.404). Caleta Circuncisión (Argentina. MM, 1959a, p.230). Puerto Circoncisión (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.77). "Refugio Naval Groussac" (Soviet Union. GUGK map 221, 1973). |
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| Circumcision, Port (USA) | 65° 11' 00.0" S | 64° 10' 00.0" W | Anchorage |
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Name ID: 123572
Place ID: 2702
A cove indenting the SE side of Petermann Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered on Jan. 1, 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot, who named it for the holy day on which it was first sighted. The cove served as a base for the ship Pourquoi-Pas? during the 1909 winter season. |
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| Circuncisión, puerto (ARG) | 65° 10' 00.0" S | 64° 10' 00.0" W | Anchorage |
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| Circuncisión, Puerto (CHL) | 65° 10' 00.0" S | 64° 08' 00.0" W | Anchorage |
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Name ID: 105331
Place ID: 2702
Fue descubierta el 1º de enero de 1909 por la Expedición Antártica Francesa de 1908-1910, al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot, quien le dio el nombre por el día en que fue descubierta, día de Circuncisión. Este puerto sirvió de base al buque expedicionario "Pourquoi- Pas" durante la invernada de 1909. Pequeña ensenada ubicada en el lado SE de la isla Petermann, frente a la costa occidental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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