Name details

Skvarca Headland

Skvarca Headland (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Skvarca Headland  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 140241

Feature type: Headland

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Headland on the south side of Jason Peninsula and south-east of Standring Inlet.

Named For

Named for Pedro Skvarca, glaciologist with the Instituto Antartico Argentino, who worked in Antarctica for more than 30 years starting in the early 1970s; his work includes monitoring, surveying, and studying the Larsen Ice Shelf.

Location

Latitude:
66° 04' 11.0" S
-66.06972°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
60° 56' 11.0" W
-60.93639°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Landsat 8 image 2017-10-04, 30 m resolution
Source Identifier:
https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
British Antarctic Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
8-Nov-2018

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