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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Millerand Island (GBR) | 68° 09' 00.0" S | 67° 13' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 110158
Place ID: 9584
NW of Neny Fjord, Marguerite Bay, and separated from Debenham Islands and Fallières Coast by Powell Channel, was roughly charted as a cape by FAE, 1908-10, and called Cap Millerand after Etienne Alexandre Millerand (1859-1943), French statesman and President of the Republic, 1920-24 (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1; Bongrain, 1914, vue 35 following p.60). Cape Millerand (BA chart 3175, 9.x.1914; Wilkins, 1929, map facing p.374). Kapp Millerand (HA chart, 1927). The feature was surveyed by BGLE in 1936 and shown to be an island. Millerand Island (BA chart 3175, 1.iii.1940; APC, 1955, p.15; DCS 601 sheet 68 66, 1955). Isla Millerand (Chile. DNH chart LIII, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.522; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.201). The island was re-surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1946-50. The Argentine "Refugio Diecisiete de Agosto" (Pierrou, 1970, p.314) or "Refugio 17 de Agosto" (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter D) was established near the N shore of the island by personnel from "Base General San Martín", 17 August 1957, the anniversary of the death of Gen. J. de San Martín. Millerand Eiland (Knapp, 1958, p.580). Ostrov Mil'ran (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Millerand Island (USA) | 68° 09' 00.0" S | 67° 13' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 128913
Place ID: 9584
A high rugged island 3 mi in diameter, lying 4 mi S of Cape Calmette, off the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by Charcot, presumably for Alexandre Millerand, French statesman. |
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| Millerand, isla (ARG) | 68° 10' 00.0" S | 67° 11' 00.0" W | Island |
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| Millerand, Isla (CHL) | 68° 09' 00.0" S | 67° 13' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105942
Place ID: 9584
Descubierta por la Expedición Antártica Francesa del Dr. Jean B. Charcot 1908-1910, quien probablemente lo denominó por Alexandre Millerand, estadista francés. Situada a 6 millas al S de cabo Calmette, la isla mide cerca de 3 millas de largo por otro tanto de ancho y alcanza una altura de 969 metros. Vista desde el W tiene forma piramidal, de color oscuro y de laderas de piedra desnuda. La isla es montañosa y acantilada, sus flancos del NW son de piedra color oscuro. |
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