Shag Crag

Shag Crag (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Shag Crag  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 16998
Name ID: 116644

Feature type: Crag (2b)

Origin

This name originates from Poland. It is part of the Poland Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A basaltic crag (79 m) south of Almirante Brown Station, Skontorp Cove, Paradise Harbour. Named after numerous blue-eyed shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps) nesting on its SW face.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 54' 00.0" S
-64.90000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 52' 30.0" W
-62.87500°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Sep-1999

Related information

Biodiversity
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Place names
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