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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Damoy Point (GBR) | 64° 49' 10.0" S | 63° 31' 11.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108415
Place ID: 3300
NW entrance point of Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, was roughly charted by BeAE in February 1898; further charted by FAE, 1903-05, and named Pointe Damoy after M. Damoy, Paris dealer who provisioned many expeditions (Charcot, 1906b, p.472; 1912, Pl. 1). Damoy Pynten (HA chart, 1927). The point was further charted by DI in 1927. Damoy Point (BA chart, 3213, 14.i.1929; APC, 1955, p.8; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/3, 1-DOS 1979). The point was resurveyed by FIDS, 1944-45. Punta Damoy (Chile. DNH chart 510, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.292; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.91). Demoy [sic] Point (USOO chart 6650, 1967). "Damoy", referring to the snow runway and refuge on Dorian Bay (q.v.) used in staging BAS aircraft since 1975 (BAS, 1977b, p.7). |
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| Damoy Point (USA) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 32' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 124075
Place ID: 3300
Point 0.5 mi WNW of Flag Point, the N entrance point to the harbor of Point Lockroy, on the W side of Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered and named by the FrAE, 1903-05, under Charcot. |
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| Damoy, Punta (CHL) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 31' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 105400
Place ID: 3300
Fue descubierta por la Expedición Antártica Francesa de 1903-1905, al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot quien le dio el nombre. Extremo occidental de la pequeña península que separa a puerto Angamos de puerto Lockroy, en la costa occidental de isla Wiencke, archipiélago de Palmer. |
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