Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Charcot, Station (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Charcot, Station (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Station
This name originates from France. It is part of the France Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Station annexe de la base, située sur le plateau glaciaire continental antarctique, au sud de la base Dumont-d'Urville et à 317 km de la côte de la terre Adélie. Implantée dans le névé de surface le 25 décembre 1956 en l'honneur du commandant J.-B. Charcot ( 1867-1936), navigateur et explorateur français des régions polaires, qui hiverna dans l'Antarctique en 1904-1905 et en 1908-1909. Toponyme non retenu sur une carte marine classique, mais pouvant présenter un intérêt scientifique ou patrimonial.
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