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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Margarita, bahía (ARG) | 68° 30' 00.0" S | 68° 00' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 101471 Place ID: 8985 | |||
| Margarita, Bahía (CHL) | 68° 17' 00.0" S | 68° 32' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 105900
Place ID: 8985
Gran bahía que se abre sobre la costa SW de la península Tierra de O'Higgins, entre el cabo Adriasola, extremo SW de la isla Adelaida, y el cabo Arauco, extremo NE de la isla Alejandro. |
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| Marguerite Bay (RUS) | 68° 30' 00.0" S | 68° 30' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 119233 Place ID: 8985 | |||
| Marguerite Bay (GBR) | 68° 30' 00.0" S | 68° 30' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 109999
Place ID: 8985
between Adelaide Island and Pourquoi Pas Island to the N, and Alexander Island and George VI Sound to the S, bounded by Fallières Coast to the E, was roughly charted by FAE, 1908-10, in January 1909 and named Baie Marguerite, after Marguerite Charcot (née Cléry), wife of Dr J.-B. Charcot, Commander of FAE (Charcot, 1910, map facing p.370; BA, 1916, p.408). Bahía Margarita (Gourdon, [1910], p.130; Rymill and others, 1943, map facing p.272; Pierrou, 1970, p.503; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.193). Marguerite Bay (BA chart 3175, 9.x.1914; Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.496; BA chart 3175, 1.iii.1940; APC, 1955, p.14; DCS 601 sheets 69 66 and 69 68, 1963). Margaret Bay (Bartholomew, 1922, Pl.9). The bay was visited by two Norwegian whale catchers, commanded by S. Beckman and G. Mathisen, in February 1924 (Stefansson Sound, q.v.). Marguerite B. (HA chart, 1927). Margueritebukten (Aagaard, 1930, end map). The bay was further surveyed by BGLE in 1936. Margaretenbucht (Sauer, 1947, p.164). Marguerite Bukt (Hansen, chart [no number], 1947). Margueriten Salmi (Andersson, 1948, end map). The bay was resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49. Zaliv Margarity (Soviet Union. BSE, 1950b, map following p.484). Marguerite-Bucht (Georgi, 1951, p.85). Bahía Margarite (Argentina. IGM map, 1952). Zatoka Max5gorzaty (Machowski, 1953, p.46). Zaliv Margarit (Baranov and others, 1954, map p.283). Margarita Bucht (Capurro, 1955, p.146). Marguerite Baai (Knapp, 1958, p.579). Baia Margherita, Baia Marguerite (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 6 and 9). Zátoka Markétina (Bártl, 1958, map facing p.144). Zaliv Margaret (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Bukhta Margerit (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). |
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| Marguerite Bay (USA) | 68° 30' 00.0" S | 68° 30' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 128420
Place ID: 8985
An extensive bay on the W side of Antarctic Peninsula, which is bounded on the N by Adelaide Island, and on the S by Wordie Ice Shelf, George VI Sound, and Alexander Island. Discovered in 1909 by the FrAE under Dr. Jean B. Charcot, who named the bay for his wife. |
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