Confusion of place names; an example from Antarctica

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 fo...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Hattersley-Smith, G., Thomson, M.R.A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Cambridge University Press 1988
Subjects:
Danco
Danco Coast
Hughes Bay
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Record
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521643/
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400009219
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Summary: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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