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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Angosto, islote (ARG) | 61° 29' 00.0" S | 55° 28' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 100095
Place ID: 5034
Entre isla Elefante e isla 25 de Mayo, islas Shetland del Sur. El nombre es descriptivo y traducción del inglés. Fue aprobado por la C.C.G. en 1956 y publicado en TSAA1. Tal vez fue reconocido por Weddell en 1825. SHN carta H-710. |
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| Furse Peninsula (GBR) | 61° 28' 58.7" S | 55° 27' 57.6" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 108943
Place ID: 5034
E part of Gibbs Island (q.v.), E of The Spit. The name Narrow Island (Powell, 1822b, p.11) or Narrow Isle (Powell, chart, 1822a) was originally applied to the whole island. Narrow Island, referring to the present feature (BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 1916, p.387). Île Narrow, referring to the whole island (d'Urville, 1842, end map). The following names were applied to the present feature. Narrow Insel (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Isla Narrow (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Narrow Ö (HA chart, 1928). Narrow-Öen (Aagaard, 1930, end map). Survey by DI in January 1937, when a landing was made, showed that the present feature is joined to the rest of Gibbs Island by The Spit which "dries at low water" (Hill, 1937). Narrow Island Peninsula (Deacon, 1939, p.200). Islote Narrow (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.207). Isla Estrecha [translation of English name] (Riggi, 1950, map facing p.24). Islote Angosto [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.197; Pierrou, 1970, p.167). Islote Harrow [sic] (Chile. IGM map 1, 1966). Further survey by JSEEIG in January 1977 showed that The Spit is a storm beach rising about 2m above sea level at high tide, although awash in heavy seas, and the present feature was renamed Furse Peninsula after Cdr John Richard ("Chris") Furse, RN (b. 1935), Leader of JSEEIG and of JSEBI; member of JSEEI (APC, 1980, p.3). |
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| Furse Peninsula (USA) | 61° 29' 00.0" S | 55° 28' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 125465
Place ID: 5034
The E part of Gibbs Island, E of The Spit, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Narrow Island was used by Capt. George Powell, 1822, with reference to the entire island; in subsequent use the reference was occasionally limited to this peninsula. Named in 1980 by UK-APC after Cdr. John R. (Chris) Furse, RN, leader of JSEEIG, 1976-77. |
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| Narrow, Islote (CHL) | 61° 31' 00.0" S | 55° 17' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 105982
Place ID: 5034
Se denomina en esta forma por ser un islote alargado y angosto que se desprende de la costa SE de isla Gibbs. Mide 1,5 milla de largo y orientado en dirección WNW-ESE, se encuentra al S del cabo Look-Out de la costa S de isla Elefante a 16 millas de él. Se eleva a 262 metros. |
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