Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Gourdin Island (RUS) | 63° 12' 00.0" S | 57° 18' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 118256 Place ID: 5545 | |||
| Gourdin Island (GBR) | 63° 12' 00.0" S | 57° 18' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 109076
Place ID: 5545
largest of a group of islands off Prime Head, Trinity Peninsula, was roughly charted by FAE, 1837-40, 27 February 1838, and named Roche Gourdin after Enseigne de Vaisseau Jean-Marie Gourdin, of the French Navy, an officer in the expedition ship Astrolabe (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170; 1841, p.xxxvi; Vincendon-Dumoulin, atlas, 1847, Pl.8). Roca Gourdin (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861). Gourdin Rock (BA chart 3205, 1.vi.1901; 1948, p.184). Rocher Gourdin (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1). Gourdin Ö (HA chart, 1928). Gourdin Islet, following surveys by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1945-47 (BA chart 3205, 23.ix.1949; APC, 1955, p.11). Islotes Gourdin, referring to all the islands in the group (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.241; Pierrou, 1970, p.397). Isla Gourdin (Argentina. MM chart FI, 1954). Islote Gourdin (Argentina. MM chart 124, 1957; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.140). Rocas Gourdin, referring to all the islands in the group (Argentina. MM, 1958a, p.261). Gourdin Island (APC, 1959a, p.7; BA, 1961, p.151; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). Ostrov Gurden (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Gourdon [sic] Island (BA, 1974, p.177). |
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| Gourdin Island (USA) | 63° 12' 00.0" S | 57° 18' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 125841
Place ID: 5545
Largest island in a group of islands and rocks 1 mi N of Prime Head, the N tip of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by a French expedition, 1837-40, under Capt. Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for Ens. Jean Gourdin of the expedition ship FIDS in 1945-47. |
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| Gourdin, Islote (CHL) | 63° 12' 00.0" S | 57° 18' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105621
Place ID: 5545
Fue descubierto por la Expedición Antártica Francesa de 1837-1840, al mando del comandante Jules Dumont D'Urville y bautizado así por el subteniente Jean Gourdin del buque "Astrolabe". El islote fue reidentificado y cartografiado por el FIDS en 1945-1947. Es el islote más grande de un grupo de islotes y rocas que está situado a 1 milla al N de cabo Siffrey, el extremo N de la península Luis Felipe. |
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| Gourdin, islotes (ARG) | 63° 12' 00.0" S | 57° 18' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 101035 Place ID: 5545 | |||
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