Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Arenales, canal (ARG) | 66° 20' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Sound |
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Name ID: 100119
Place ID: 8401
Corre de E a W en el archipiélago Biscoe, costa occidental de la península Antártica. Nominado en recuerdo del General Antonio Alvarez de Arenales, militar de la independencia argentina que actuó a las órdenes del general Belgrano. El topónimo fue aprobado por la C.C.G. en 1978. SHN carta H-716. |
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| Lewis Sound (GBR) | 66° 19' 00.0" S | 67° 03' 00.0" W | Sound |
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Name ID: 109820
Place ID: 8401
running NW-SE between Lavoisier Island and Krogh Island to NE and Watkins Island to SW, Biscoe Islands, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers in cold-climate physiology grouped in this area, named Lewis Passage after Sir Thomas Lewis (1882-1945), English physiologist who investigated the responses of the blood vessels of the skin to environmental temperature; member, Medical Research Council, 1933-37 (APC, 1960, p.5; BA, 1961, Continued ... |
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| Lewis Sound (USA) | 66° 20' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Sound |
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Name ID: 127993
Place ID: 8401
A body of water running NW-SE between Lavoisier Island and Krogh Island to NE and Watkins Island to SW, in the Biscoe Islands. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by FIDASE, 1956-57. In association with the names of pioneers in cold climate physiology grouped in this area, named "Lewis Passage" by UK-APC (1960) after Sir Thomas Lewis (1882-1945), English physiologist who investigated the responses of the blood vessels of the skin to environmental temperature; later renamed Lewis Sound as the feature does not provide safe passage for a ship. |
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| Oliver, Canal (CHL) | 66° 19' 00.0" S | 67° 05' 00.0" W | Sound |
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Name ID: 134483
Place ID: 8401
El nombre corresponde al apellido del profesor Carlos Oliver Schneider, naturalista, fisiógrafo, director del museo y profesor de la Universidad de Concepción, Chile, quien participó, embarcado en el transporte "Angamos" de la Armada de Chile, en la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1947. Canal que se forma entre el extremo S de la isla Serrano y las islas vecinas hacia el NW, por el N, y la isla Watkins, por el S, en las islas Biscoe, frente a la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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