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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Angustia, cordón (ARG) | 63° 38' 00.0" S | 58° 16' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 100097
Place ID: 8661
Se encuentra hacia el NW de bahía Aramburu en el centro de la península Trinidad. El topónimo interpretó, en su momento, el estado de ánimo del personal expedicionario al ver las alturas del cordón que tenían frente, durante su viaje al Polo Sur. SHN carta H-713. |
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| Louis Philippe Plateau (RUS) | 63° 37' 00.0" S | 58° 21' 00.0" W | Plateau |
| Name ID: 119136 Place ID: 8661 | |||
| Louis Philippe Plateau (USA) | 63° 36' 00.0" S | 58° 21' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 128046
Place ID: 8661
A plateau, about 11 mi long and 5 mi wide, which rises to 1,370 m and occupies the central part of Trinity Peninsula between Russell West Glacier and Windy Gap. This application of the name, recommended by UK-APC in 1948, commemorates Capt. Jules Dumont d'Urville's 1838 exploration of the Trinity Peninsula area, which he had named "Terre Louis Philippe," after Louis Philippe (1773-1850), King of France (1830-48). |
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| Louis-Philippe Plateau (GBR) | 63° 36' 00.0" S | 58° 21' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 109909
Place ID: 8661
rising to 1370m and running NE-SW from Windy Gap to Russell West Glacier, Trinity Peninsula, following surveys by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1945-47, was named after Louis-Philippe I (Duc d'Orléans) (1773-1850), King of the French, 1830-48, whose name was originally applied by FAE, 1837-40, to Trinity Peninsula (q.v.) (APC, 1955, p.14; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). Meseta de Ingenieros [=engineers plateau], applied by CAE, 1947-48, to the SW part (Chile. IGM, 1948a, sketch panorama following p.56). Meseta Teniente de Aviación Toro Masoto, applied by CAE, 1947-48, to the NE part after a member of the expedition (Toro Point, q.v.) (Chile. IGM, 1948a, sketch panorama following p.56). The plateau was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Louis Philippe Plateau (USBGN, 1965, p.101). Cordón Angustia [=anguish chain], so called by AAE in reference to "the state of mind of the Argentine expedition to the South Pole" (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter A). |
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| Puga, Cordón (CHL) | 63° 38' 00.0" S | 58° 16' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 135087
Place ID: 8661
El nombre corresponde al apellido del Dr. Federico Puga Borne, ministro de Relaciones Exteriores y Colonización de Chile, quien, a principios del siglo XX, manifestó interés por el Territorio Chileno Antártico, contribuyó a formar conciencia sobre la chilenidad de tal territorio y la necesidad de afincar la soberanía nacional sobre él. Además, elaboró un proyecto para establecer colonias temporales de pescadores, en 1905. Cordón montañoso que se sitúa en la parte central de la península Luis Felipe, a aproximadamente 15 millas al E del cabo Bald de la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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