Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Del Diablo, Isla (CHL) | 63° 48' 00.0" S | 57° 19' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105427
Place ID: 3586
Fue descubierta y denominada por la Expedición Sueca de 1901-1904, al mando del comandante Otto Nordenskjöld. Isla de 12 cables de extensión, con un cerro de poca altura en cada extremo, está situada en el centro de una ensenada que se abre al SE del cabo Wellmet, en el extremo N de isla Vega. Sus laderas acantiladas de piedra desnuda, se elevan a 207 metros de altura, caen a pique hacia el mar. |
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| Devil Island (GBR) | 63° 48' 00.0" S | 57° 17' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 108494
Place ID: 3586
off N coast of Vega Island, was mapped by SwAE, 12 October 1903, and named Djävulsön [=devil's island] from its inhospitable appearance (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904a, Del. 1, end map). Île du Diable [=devil's island] (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, map p.232-33). Teufelsinsel [=devil's island] (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol. 2, p.250). Devil's Island (Nordenskjöld and others, 1905, p.490). Teufel Insel (K. Andersson, 1905, Karte 1 following p.58). Île Devil (Charcot, 1912, Pl. 1). Devil Island (BA chart 3205, 31.x.1921; APC, 1955, p.8; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). Devil Islet (BA, 1930, p.78). The island was resurveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1945. Isla Diablo [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH chart L, 1947). Isla Devil (Argentina. MM chart 103, 1949). Djäfvulsön, as rejected name (USBGN, 1956, p.106). Isla del Diablo (Argentina. MM chart 124, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.312; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.97). |
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| Devil Island (USA) | 63° 48' 00.0" S | 57° 17' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 124311
Place ID: 3586
Narrow island 1 mi long with a low summit on each end, lying in the center of a small bay 1 mi SE of Cape Well-met, northern Vega Island, S of the NE end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered and named by the SwedAE, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. |
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| Diablo, isla del (ARG) | 63° 48' 00.0" S | 57° 19' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 100687 Place ID: 3586 | |||
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