Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Cape Pépin (RUS) | 66° 30' 00.0" S | 138° 31' 00.0" E | Cape |
| Name ID: 135814 Place ID: 11093 | |||
| Cape Pépin (USA) | 66° 32' 00.0" S | 138° 34' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 136260
Place ID: 11093
Ice-covered cape between Ravin Bay and Barre Glacier. Discovered in 1840 by the French expedition under Capt. Jules Dumont d'Urville and named by him for his wife Adele Pepin. The area was charted by the AAE in 1912-13, and again by the BANZARE in 1931, both under Mawson. The cape was more recently delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. |
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| Pépin, Cap (FRA) | 66° 31' 00.0" S | 138° 35' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 107367
Place ID: 11093
Légère avancée de la côte située à l'est de la baie des Ravins. Nom donné par J. Dumont d'Urville en référence au nom de famille de Madame Dumont d'Urville Adèle Dorothée Pépin, fille de Joseph Marie Pépin, horloger de la Marine à Toulon. |
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