Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Rothera Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Rothera Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point
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:
E entrance point of Ryder Bay, Wright Peninsula, SE Adelaide Island, and site of the BAS station Rothera (q.v.), was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Horseshoe Island" and "Detaille Island", 1957-58; named after John Michael Rothera (b. 1934), FIDS surveyor, "Horseshoe Island", 1957-58, and "Detaille Island", 1958-59 (APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; 3462, 25.iii.1983). The point was designated SSSI No. 9 under the Antarctic Treaty (SPRI, 1986, p.228).
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