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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Inott Point (GBR) | 62° 31' 31.2" S | 60° 00' 20.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 109468
Place ID: 6905
NNE of Edinburgh Hill, Livingston Island, was roughly charted by Ferguson in 1913 (Ferguson, 1921, p.44) and further charted by DI in 1935; called Cerro Ebimburgo, in error (Edinburgh Hill, q.v.) (Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948), Piedra Neves, probably after a member of AAE (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.222) or Punta de Toba [=tophus point] (Cordini, 1955, p.164); photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS, 1957-59; in association with the names of nineteenth-century sealers in this area, named after Capt. Robert Inott, Master of the American sealing ship Samuel (Samuel Peak, q.v.) from Nantucket, who visited the South Shetland Islands, 1820-21 (APC, 1962, p.17; DOS 610 sheet W 62 60, 1968). Punta Segunda [=second point] (in relation to Edinburgh Hill)] (Argentina. MM, NM 141/15.ix.1964). |
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| Inott Point (USA) | 62° 31' 00.0" S | 60° 00' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 126945
Place ID: 6905
A point 1 mi NNE of Edinburgh Hill on the E coast of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. In association with the names of nineteenth century sealers in this area, named by UK-APC after Capt. Robert Inott, Master of the American sealing ship Samuel (Samuel Peak, q.v.) from Nantucket, who visited the South Shetland Islands, 1820-21. |
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