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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Arriens Glacier (AUS) | 73° 27' 40.0" S | 68° 21' 42.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 570
Place ID: 535
A small glacier in the Mawson Escarpment, between Casey Point and Gibbs Bluff. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named after P Arriens, geochronologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1973. |
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| Aspland Island (GBR) | 61° 28' 00.7" S | 55° 54' 14.9" W | Island |
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Name ID: 107579
Place ID: 570
rising to 735m, 40km SW of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, was roughly charted by Bransfield in February-March 1820 (O'Briens Islands, q.v.) (Bransfield, chart, [1820b]); named Aspland's Island by Powell in December 1821, probably after Robert Aspland (1772-1845), English Unitarian divine (Powell, 1822b, p.11; chart, 1822a). Cap Aspland (Eyriès and Malte-Brun, 1823, map facing p.237). Île Aspland (Powell, 1824b, p.109). Île Aspland's (Powell, 1824a, map facing p. 5). Aspland Island (BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; APC, 1955, p.4; DOS 610 sheet W 61 54 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972). Aspland Insel (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Isola Asplands (Gerlache, 1902a, end map). Asplands Insel (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol. 2, second end map). Asplands Ön (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904a, Del. 2, end map). Isla Aspland (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904-05, Tomo 2, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.173; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.33). Asplands Island (AGS, 1905, map facing p.702). Aspland Ö (HA chart, 1928). Aspland-Öen (Aagaard, 1930, end map). Apland [sic] Island (France. SHM, 1937, p.392). The island was recharted by DI in January-February 1937 (Hill, 1937). Asplant(')s [sic] Island (Hobbs, 1939a, p.24, 42). Obriens Island, as rejected name (USBGN, 1947, p.132). Ostrov Aspland (Aleyner, 1955, p.85). The island was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Aspland Eiland (Knapp, 1958, p.568). Ostrov Asplend (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Aspland (Araya and Hervé, 1966, p.9). The island was visited by JSEEIG in January 1977 (Furse, 1979, p.76-80). |
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| Aspland Island (USA) | 61° 28' 00.0" S | 55° 55' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 121963
Place ID: 570
Small island 4 mi W of Gibbs Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name dates back to at least 1821 and is now established in international usage. |
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| Aspland, isla (ARG) | 61° 30' 00.0" S | 55° 58' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 100140
Place ID: 570
Al SW de isla Elefante, islas Shetland del Sur. Rudimentariamente cartografiada por Bransfield a principios de 1820 y posteriormente nominada por Powell en diciembre de 1921, en recuerdo de Robert Aspland. Fue publicado en la carta 102 del año 1949. SHN carta H-710. |
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| Aspland, Isla (CHL) | 61° 30' 00.0" S | 55° 58' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105126
Place ID: 570
Este nombre es muy antiguo y data por lo menos desde 1821. Es probable que haya sido colocado por británicos y que corresponda al apellido del ministro Robert Aspland. Su uso se ha establecido internacionalmente. Isla pequeña, montañosa y de áspero relieve, que está situada a 6 millas al W del extremo W de la isla Gibbs, constituyendo una de las menores de las islas Piloto Pardo, islas Shetland del Sur. |
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