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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Barbaro Point (GBR) | 64° 54' 00.0" S | 63° 05' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 107659
Place ID: 8324
SE entrance point of Ferguson Channel, Danco Coast, was charted by BeAE, 10 February 1898, when a landing was made (Lecointe, 1903, Carte 5); called Punta Leniz by CAE, after Cabo 1° Fogonero [=stoker] Clorindo Leniz Gallejo, of the Chilean cutter Yelcho in 1916 (Chile. DNH chart 511, 1951; IHA, 1974, p.182); surveyed by FIDS from "Danco Island" and photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of photography grouped in this area, named Barbaro Point after Daniello Barbaro, Venetian noble who first used a lens and diaphragm in a camera obscura in 1568 (APC, 1960, p.2; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/3, 1-DOS 1979). Leniz Point (USBGN, 1965, p.100). Punta Jorobada [=crooked point] (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter J). Punta Barbaro (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 5). |
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| Barbaro, punta (ARG) | 64° 54' 00.0" S | 63° 05' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 100198 Place ID: 8324 | |||
| Leniz Point (USA) | 64° 54' 00.0" S | 63° 05' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 127937
Place ID: 8324
The N extremity of the small peninsula on which Mount Banck stands, lying 1 mile S of Byrde Island on the W coast of Graham Land. First charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, who made a landing here on February 10, 1898. The toponym appears on a Chilean government chart of 1951 and is for the chief stoker Clorindo Leniz Gallejo, on board the tender Yelcho which rescued the crew of the Endurance from Elephant Island in August 1916. |
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| Léniz, Punta (CHL) | 64° 54' 00.0" S | 63° 04' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 105830
Place ID: 8324
El nombre corresponde al apellido del cabo 1º fogonero de la escampavía "Yelcho", Sr. Clorindo Léniz Gallego, quien participó en el rescate de la Expedición Británica de "Shackleton", durante el año 1916. Punta notable situada frente a la costa S de la isla Bryde, ribera S del canal Lautaro, costa de Danco, costa W de la península Tierra de O´Higgins. |
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