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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Fallières Coast (RUS) | 68° 30' 00.0" S | 66° 30' 00.0" W | Coast |
| Name ID: 117940 Place ID: 4442 | |||
| Fallières Coast (GBR) | 68° 30' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 108750
Place ID: 4442
W coast of Graham Land from head of Bourgeois Fjord to Cape Jeremy, was in part roughly charted by FAE, 1908-10, on 15 January 1909. The name Terre Fallières was applied to the coast between the S entrance of Bourgeois Fjord and the limit of FAE discoveries in c.69°00'S, after Clément Armand Fallières (1841-1931), President of France, 1906-13, who in March 1906 approved the appointment of the Commission Scientifique for FAE, 1903-05 (Charcot, 1910, map facing p.370; 1912, Pl.1). Fallières Küste (Nordenskjöld, 1911a, Karte 1). Fallières Land (Charcot, 1911b, map facing p.348). Terres Fallières (Bongrain, 1914, vue 36 following p.36). Fallières Coast (Shackleton, 1919, end map; BA, 1930, p.84; [head of Bourgeois Fjord to Cape Berteaux] USBGN, 1947, p.162; [as now defined] BA chart 3570, 5.i.1951; APC, 1955, p.9; DCS 601 sheet 68 66, 1955; USBGN, 1956, p.124; DOS 610 sheet W 69 68, 1963). Fallières Kust (Shackleton, [1921], end map). Tierra de Fallières (Hoxmark, 1924). Fallières Kysten (Aagaard, 1930, end map). Resurvey of the whole coast by BGLE in 1936-37 led to its redefinition. Costa de Fallières (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). Tierra Fallières (Sgrosso, 1948, p.182). The coast was further surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49. Costa Fallières (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.358; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.121). Terra de Hearst, referring to S part (Hearst Island, q.v.) (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 9). Faillières [sic] Kust (Knapp, 1958, p.573). Faillières [sic] Coast (BA, 1961, p.172). Bereg Fal'yera (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Failiepes [sic] Coast (USAF chart GNC-24, 1976). |
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| Fallières Coast (USA) | 68° 30' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 124976
Place ID: 4442
That portion of the W coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between the head of Bourgeois Fjord and Cape Jeremy. This coast was first explored in Jan. 1909 by the FrAE under J.B. Charcot, who named it for Clement Armand Fallieres, then President of France. |
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| Fallières, costa (ARG) | 68° 30' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Coast |
| Name ID: 100853 Place ID: 4442 | |||
| FalliÈres, Costa (CHL) | 68° 30' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 105530
Place ID: 4442
Fue primero explorada en 1909 por la Expedición Antártica Francesa al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot y su nombre es en honor a Clèment Armand Fallières presidente de Francia y auspiciador de su expedición. Costa que comprende la parte occidental de la península de Palmer sector que se prolonga hacia el N. |
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