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O'Cain Point

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127: 17: 141: 100: 201: 206: 182: 79: 78:) from Boston, MA, was applied by the Stonington sealers in 1820–21 to Nelson Island, but this name did not become established. O'Cain Point was applied by the 148: 63: 175: 114: 109: 119: 168: 30: 104: 67: 75: 16: 126: 152: 195: 59: 140: 45: 32: 91: 15: 70:. The name O'Cain's Island, after the American sealing vessel 58:) is a point lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of 82:(UK-APC) in 1961 to preserve the American name in the area. 20:
Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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