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Southwind Passage
Southwind Passage () is a navigable passage between Betbeder Islands and Dickens Rocks, located at the north extremity of the Biscoe Islands Biscoe Islands is a series of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, Lavoisier (named ''Serrano'' by Chile and ''Mitre'' by Argentina), Watkins, Krogh, Pickwick and Rabot, lying parallel to the west coast of Graham Land and extending .... Named by Captain Sumner R. Dolber, USCG, commander of the USCGC 1967–68 season. Straits of the Biscoe Islands {{Biscoes-geo-stub ...
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Betbeder Islands
The Betbeder Islands are a group of small islands and rocks in the southwest part of the Wilhelm Archipelago, west of Cape Tuxen. They were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Rear Admiral Onofre Betbeder, Argentine Navy The Argentine Navy (ARA; es, Armada de la República Argentina). This forms the basis for the navy's ship prefix "ARA". is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the .... See also * List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands References * Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago {{WilhelmArchipelago-geo-stub ...
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Dickens Rocks
The Dickens Rocks () are two rocks lying at the north end of the Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. They were photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Charles Dickens, the English novelist. A number of other features in the Pitt Islands are named after characters in his ''The Pickwick Papers ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was Charles Dickens's first novel. Because of his success with ''Sketches by Boz'' published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to s ...''. References Rock formations of the Biscoe Islands {{Biscoes-geo-stub ...
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Biscoe Islands
Biscoe Islands is a series of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, Lavoisier (named ''Serrano'' by Chile and ''Mitre'' by Argentina), Watkins, Krogh, Pickwick and Rabot, lying parallel to the west coast of Graham Land and extending between Southwind Passage on the northeast and Matha Strait on the southwest. Another group of islands are the Adolph Islands. The islands are named for John Biscoe, the commander of a British expedition which explored the islands in February 1832. See also * Bates Island * Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S * SCAR * Southwind Passage * Territorial claims in Antarctica Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and st ... References * Archipelagoes of the Southern Ocean Islands of Antarct ...
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Sumner R
Sumner may refer to: Places Antarctica * Mount Sumner, a mountain in the Rare Range, Antarctica * Sumner Glacier, southern Graham Land, Antarctica Australia * Sumner, Queensland, suburb of Brisbane New Zealand * Sumner, New Zealand, seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand * Lake Sumner United States Inhabited places * Sumner, California, former name of Kern, California * Sumner, Florida * Sumner, Georgia * Sumner, Illinois * Sumner, Iowa * Sumner, Maine * Sumner, Michigan * Sumner, Mississippi * Sumner, Missouri * Sumner, Nebraska * Sumner, Oklahoma * Sumner, Oregon * Sumner, Portland, Oregon * Sumner, Texas * Sumner, Washington ** Sumner station, a train station in Sumner, Washington * Sumner, Barron County, Wisconsin, a town * Sumner (community), Barron County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Sumner, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, a town * Sumner, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, a town * Sumner County, Kansas * Sumner County, Tennessee * Sumner Township, Michigan * ...
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