| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/13212 |
| Status |
Proposed standard  |
| Names |
| Language |
Name |
Name source |
| English | Palmer Archipelago | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
| Spanish | Palmer, archipiélago de | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
| French | Archipel Palmer | |
|
| PlaceType |
Archipelago |
|
|
| Latitude |
64° 15' 0" S (-64.25°) |
| Longitude |
62° 50' 0" W (-62.8333333°) |
|
|
| Source |
SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ |
|
|
| Notes |
Belgica information (en): Group of islands extending from Tower Island in the N to Anvers Island in the S, lying NW of Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Gerlache Strait. Named by Gerlache, leader of the BelgAE, 1897-99, for Capt. Nathaniel Palmer who navigated these waters in 1820 (http://www.mapplanet.com/?do=loc&country=_A&adm1=08&loc=20009135/http://geonames.usgs.gov). |
|
|
| Relations |
|
| Map |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Edit history |
Last edited on 2006-04-06 14:59:04 by Deckers Pieter
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] |
