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Bryde Island (Antarctica)

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close along the eastern side of the island. A light my be exhibited from the beacon, but it is unreliable, and it is obscured from the south by the high land on the islet. Two small coves indent the western side of Bryde Island. Two conspicuous rocks and a sunken rock, with less than 6 feet of water over it, lie in the northern cove; an isolated rock lies just outside of the entrance to the southern cove.
195: 603:. An island lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) off the southwest corner of Bryde Island in Gerlache Strait. Discovered and mapped by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Lieutenant Adrien de Gerlache. The name was first used by Scottish geologist David Ferguson, who made a geological reconnaissance in this vicinity from the whalecatcher Hanka in 1913. 51: 284: 811: 247:
weather-worn diorites with some disrupted sediments. Anchorage can be taken off the eastern end of the island in depths of 22 to 50 fathoms. On one chart a dangerous rock lies about 2/3 mile west-southwestward of the southeastern extremity of Bryde Island; an 8-fathom patch lies about 1/4 mile southwestward of the rock above.
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The northern shore is indented by a cove about 1 mile long, in a north-south direction, and 3/4 mile wide. Three small islets lie close along the eastern side of the island; a hut is located on the southernmost islet. One chart shows a beacon standing on the northernmost islet of four islets lying
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Bryde Island, a high broken rock ridge with snow slopes descending to the shoreline, is about six miles long and three miles wide, and lies approximately 1 3/4 miles southwestward of Lemaire Island. Bryde Island rises to a height of 2,874 feet near its southeastern end. The rocks are brown,
815: 641:. Small group of rocks lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) southwest of Bruce Island. The rocks appear on an Argentine government chart of 1954. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for 418:. A cove on the north side of Bryde Island. The feature was surveyed by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1950-51, and named after a staff officer with the relief ship of the expedition. 456:. The southernmost of two coves indenting the west side of Bryde Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. The cove appears on an Argentine government chart of 1950. So named by the 93: 870: 178:) is an island 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) long and 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) wide, lying immediately southwest of 819: 141: 565:. First roughly charted by the BelgAE, 1897-99. The name "Canal Argentino" appears for the feature on an Argentine government chart of 1950. 461: 457: 43: 299: 373: 613: 575: 529: 478: 428: 390: 344: 507: 261: 287: 326: 321: 376:, 1949-50, and named "Punta San Eladio" or "Cabo San Eladio" after a staff officer on the expedition ship 316: 268:, 1897–99, and named for Ingvald Bryde, Norwegian agent who arranged the purchase of the expedition ship 510:, 1950-51, after Captain Raul Rudolphy of the Chilean Navy, commander of the expedition transport ship 826: 207: 265: 843: 223: 562: 558: 211: 80: 311: 219: 215: 179: 864: 227: 792: 642: 465: 203: 183: 645:(1859-1934), French naturalist and pioneer of submarine photography, 1893-98. 557:. Channel between Bryde Island and the west coast of Graham Land, connecting 628: 615: 590: 577: 544: 531: 493: 480: 443: 430: 405: 392: 359: 346: 157: 143: 109: 95: 17: 845:
Sailing Directions for Antarctica: Includes Islands South of Latitude 60.̊
194: 506:. The southwest point of Bryde Island. Named "Punta Rudolphy" by the 686: 684: 283: 848:, United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center, 1976 193: 675: 464:(FIDS) were chased into this cove in their dinghies by six 198:
Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. Bryde Island to the west
659: 657: 372:. The northwest point of Bryde Island. Charted by the 800:(2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names 690: 87: 76: 71: 380:. An English form of the name has been approved. 468:while circumnavigating Bryde Island in May 1957. 244: 460:(UK-APC) in 1960 because three members of the 8: 32: 242:(1976) describes Bryde Island as follows: 31: 27:Island in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica 820:United States Board on Geographic Names 774: 762: 750: 738: 726: 714: 702: 663: 653: 828:Graham Land and South Shetland Islands 831:, BAS: British Antarctic Survey, 2005 210:. 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Boutan Rocks
Bryde Island is located in Antarctica
Gerlache Strait
64°52′S 63°2′W / 64.867°S 63.033°W / -64.867; -63.033 (Bryde Island)
64°52′S 63°2′W / 64.867°S 63.033°W / -64.867; -63.033 (Bryde Island)
Lemaire Island
Graham Land

Danco Coast
Antarctic Peninsula
Gerlache Strait
Wiencke Island
Lemaire Island
Paradise Harbour
Kershaw Peaks
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
Adrien de Gerlache

Copernix annotated satellite view
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)
64°50′S 63°07′W / 64.833°S 63.117°W / -64.833; -63.117
Argentine Antarctic Expedition
64°51′S 63°01′W / 64.850°S 63.017°W / -64.850; -63.017
64°52′S 63°07′W / 64.867°S 63.117°W / -64.867; -63.117
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey

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