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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Chaco, islote (ARG) | 63° 02' 00.0" S | 60° 35' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 100475 Place ID: 8203 | |||
| Lautaro, Islote (CHL) | 63° 03' 00.0" S | 60° 35' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105814
Place ID: 8203
Este islote fue cartografiado por la Expedición Inglesa al mando del capitán Henry Foster, entre los años 1828-1831. Es un islote de cima plana de una elevación de 70 metros situado en la cercanías de punta Sur de la isla Decepción, en las islas Shetland del Sur. |
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| Låvebrua Island (RUS) | 63° 02' 00.0" S | 60° 35' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 118989 Place ID: 8203 | |||
| Låvebrua Island (GBR) | 63° 01' 18.0" S | 60° 34' 35.1" W | Island |
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Name ID: 109761
Place ID: 8203
ESE of South Point, Deception Island, was charted by Foster in 1829; sometime after 1905 named descriptively by Norwegian whalers Laavbrua [=threshing floor bridge (a ramp in Norwegian barns)] (Holtedahl, 1929, p.44) or Lsvebrua (Isachsen, 1934, p.135); further charted by Johannessen, 1919-20, and called Bismark (Johannessen, chart, [1919-20]); recharted by DI in 1927. Islote Lautaro, so called by CAE, 1947, after the patrol ship Lautaro (Lautaro Island, q.v.) (Chile. DNH chart 501, 1947; IHA, 1974, p.179). Islote Chaco, so called by AAE, 1946-47, after the expedition transport ship Chaco (Argentina. IGM map, 1948). The island was recharted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit, 1948-49, and called Jon Islet after the younger son of Lieut. Cdr D.N. Penfold, RN (Penfold Point, q.v.), in charge of the Survey Unit (BA chart 3202, 23.ix.1949); later renamed Lvebrua Islet (BA chart 3202, 27.xi.1953; APC, 1955, p.13). Lvebrua (Jon) Islet (BA, 1952, p.12). Roca Nueva [=new rock], in error (New Rock, q.v.) (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.23a). IÎlot Lavebrua or IÎlot Jon, as alternative names (France. SHM, 1954, p.46). Lavebrua Islet (USHO, 1956, p.15). Lvebrua Island (APC, 1959a, p.8; DOS 310 Deception Island sheet, 1960). Lvebru [sic] Island, Lavebru Islet (BA, 1961, p.239, 436). Lavebrua Island (USOO chart 6943, 1963). Isla Vaebrua [sic] (Casertano, 1964, map p.34). Islotes [sic] Chaco (Pierrou, 1970, p.281). Islotes Laverbua [sic], as rejected form (Pierrou, 1970, p.281). Labebrua [sic] Islet (BA, 1974, p.170). |
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| Låvebrua Island (USA) | 63° 02' 00.0" S | 60° 35' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 127854
Place ID: 8203
Island, 95 m high, lying 0.7 mi E of South Point, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by a British expedition under Foster, 1828-31. The name was given by Norwegian whalers operating from Deception Island, and was in use as early as 1927. The name is descriptive, meaning literally "threshing floor bridge" or "barn bridge." |
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