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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Dorian Bay (GBR) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 30' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 108545
Place ID: 3786
N of Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Danco Coast, was charted by FAE, 1903-05, and named Anse Dorian after M. Dorian, a member of the French Chamber of Deputies (Charcot, 1906b, p.472; 1912, Pl. 1). Dorian Bay (BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929; APC, 1955, p.8; BA chart 3213, 12.viii.1960). Baie Dorian (France. SHM, 1937, p.407). The bay was surveyed by FIDS from "Port Lockroy" in 1944. Bahía Dorian (Ihl C. and Ayala A., 1947, maps following p.64; Pierrou, 1970, p.319). Caleta Dorian (Chile. DNH chart 510, 1947; IHA, 1974, p.104). Ensenada Dorian (Chile. IGM map, 1947). Puerto Dorian (Ihl C. and Ayala A., 1947, p.70). The bay was recharted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1951. A refuge called "Bahía Dorían" was established on the bay by AAE, 23 February 1953, and expanded in 1954-55 (Thomas, 1957a, p.523). Dorian Cove (USHO, 1956, p.27). Puerto Angamos (q.v.), including the present feature (Chile. DNH chart 1501, 1962). Dorian Bay (Cove) (USHO, 1963, p.160). A BAS refuge called "Damoy" was established on the bay, 14 November 1975, in association with the air strip on Damoy Point (q.v.). |
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| Dorian Bay (USA) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 30' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 124453
Place ID: 3786
Cove on the NW side of Wiencke Island, 0.5 mi ENE of Damoy Point, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the FrAE, 1903-05, under Charcot, and named by him after Monsieur Dorian, a member of the French Chamber of Deputies. |
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| Dorian, bahía (ARG) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 31' 00.0" W | Bay |
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| Dorian, Caleta (CHL) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 30' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 105457
Place ID: 3786
Descubierta por la Expedición Antártica Francesa en 1903-1905, al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot, le puso este nombre por monsieur Dorian, miembro de la Cámara de Diputados Francesa. Caleta situada al NW de la isla Wiencke, alrededor de 0,75 milla ENE de punta Damoy, en el archipiélago de Palmer. Esta caleta es notable por su playa de arena y piedra. Su entrada se abre inmediatamente a la costa oriental. |
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