SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.

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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Diaz Rock (RUS) 63° 15' 00.0" S 58° 44' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 117698 Place ID: 3615

Diaz Rock (GBR) 63° 18' 00.0" S 58° 45' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 108506 Place ID: 3615

off NW coast of Astrolabe Island, Bransfield Strait, was called Islote Díaz Martínez by CAE, 1947, after Subtte Joaquin Díaz Martínez (Chile. DNH chart 503, 1951). Islote Díaz (Chile. DNH chart 503, 1959; IHA, 1974, p.102). The rock was surveyed from the ground and photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1955-57. Diaz Rock (APC, 1962, p.11; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974).

Diaz Rock (USA) 63° 18' 00.0" S 58° 45' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 124335 Place ID: 3615

The largest of several rocks close N of the W end of Astrolabe Island, off Trinity Peninsula. The name was given by the first Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947) for sub-lieutenant Joaquin Diaz Martinez.

Díaz, Islote (CHL) 63° 15' 00.0" S 58° 39' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 105447 Place ID: 3615

El nombre fue puesto por la I Expedición Antártica Chilena, por el subteniente DC. Joaquín Díaz Martínez en 1947. Situado al W de isla Astrolabio, costa occidental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.

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