Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Ereby Point (GBR) | 62° 38' 07.3" S | 60° 27' 41.2" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108700
Place ID: 4305
N side of South Bay (q.v.), Livingston Island, was roughly charted by the nineteenth-century sealers and the name Erebys Bay was applied to the bay by Weddell (1825a, map facing p.132); incorrectly shown as an island on BA chart 3205, 25.iii.1937. Following air photography by FIDASE, 1956-57, Weddell's original name was transferred to the point (APC, 1962, p.12; DOS 610 sheet W 62 60, 1968). |
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| Ereby Point (USA) | 62° 38' 00.0" S | 60° 27' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 124866
Place ID: 4305
Point lying 4.5 mi ENE of Hannah Point along the N side of South Bay, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Erebys Bay was applied to South Bay on a chart of 1825 by James Weddell, Ereby Point was applied by the UK-APC in 1961 in order to preserve Weddell's name in the area. |
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