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Confusion of place names; an example from Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

G. Hattersley-Smith  and
M. R. A. Thomson
G. Hattersley-Smith
Affiliation:
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OET, UK
M. R. A. Thomson
Affiliation:
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OET, UK
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Abstract

Place names in the Hughes Bay area, Danco Coast, Antarctica well illustrate naming problems that give rise to confusion or ambiguity. This note shows the origins of conflicting place names, providing a warning to scientists and others and a key of foreign equivalents to some of the names accepted for British official use.

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Polar Record , Volume 24 , Issue 150 , July 1988 , pp. 239 - 242
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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