Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
Showing all 4 place names.
| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gauche, Bahía (CHL) | 64° 14' 00.0" S | 62° 30' 00.0" W | Bay |
|
Name ID: 134939
Place ID: 8115
El nombre corresponde al apellido del capitán de fragata Luis Gauche Délano, comandante del patrullero "Leucotón" de la Armada de Chile, quien participó en la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1952. Bahía de aproximadamente 2,8 millas de boca, que se abre sobre la parte central de la costa occidental de la isla Brabante, a 1 milla al SE del cabo Driencourt, archipiélago de Palmer. |
|||
| Lanusse Bay (GBR) | 64° 14' 00.0" S | 62° 30' 00.0" W | Bay |
|
Name ID: 109730
Place ID: 8115
between Driencourt Point and Minot Point, W Brabant Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; named Bahía Lanusse by AAE after an Argentine naval officer who conducted a survey of the area (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter L). Lanusse Bay, following the work of JSEBI (APC, 1986, p.3). |
|||
| Lanusse Bay (USA) | 64° 14' 00.0" S | 62° 30' 00.0" W | Bay |
|
Name ID: 127794
Place ID: 8115
A bay between Driencourt Point and Minot Point on the W side of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Named "Bahia Lanusse" by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition in 1979, presumably after Teniente de Navio Alejandro Lanusse, Argentine Navy, the first Argentine aircraft pilot to fly in the Antarctic; he was killed in a flying accident at Buenos Aires, c. 1943. |
|||
| Lanusse, bahía (ARG) | 64° 14' 00.0" S | 62° 31' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 101323 Place ID: 8115 | |||
Showing all 4 place names.