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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Mossman Peninsula (RUS) | 60° 46' 00.0" S | 44° 43' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
| Name ID: 119528 Place ID: 9897 | |||
| Mossman Peninsula (GBR) | 60° 45' 00.0" S | 44° 42' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 110250
Place ID: 9897
between Wilton Bay and Scotia Bay, W Laurie Island, was roughly charted by Weddell in 1822; mapped by SNAE, 23 June 1903, and named after R.C. Mossman (Mossman Inlet, q.v.) (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322; BA chart 1238, ix.1905; 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.15). Mossman Halvö (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). The peninsula was further charted by DI in 1933. Península Mossman (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.279; Pierrou, 1970, p.533). Poluostrov Mosmen (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Mossman Peninsula (USA) | 60° 46' 00.0" S | 44° 43' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 129144
Place ID: 9897
Narrow peninsula 3 mi long, extending S from the W part of Laurie Island and separating Scotia and Wilton Bays, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered in 1821 by Capt. George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer, and roughly charted on Powell's map of 1822. Surveyed in 1903 by the ScotNAE under Bruce, who named it for Robert C. Mossman, meteorologist of the expedition. |
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| Mossman, península (ARG) | 60° 45' 00.0" S | 44° 42' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
| Name ID: 101620 Place ID: 9897 | |||
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