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)
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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| Pourquoi Pas Point (USA) | 66° 12' 00.0" S | 136° 11' 00.0" E | Point |
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Name ID: 130313
Place ID: 11535
Ice-covered point which forms the W side of the entrance to Victor Bay. Charted by the FrAE, 1950-52, and named in 1954 for the French polar ship Pourquoi-Pas?. |
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| Pourquoi Pas, Pointe du (RUS) | 66° 11' 00.0" S | 136° 13' 00.0" E | |
| Name ID: 120054 Place ID: 11535 | |||
| Pourquoi-Pas?, Pointe du (FRA) | 66° 12' 00.0" S | 136° 45' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 107382
Place ID: 11535
Pointe glaciaire proche de la limite occidentale de la terre Adélie située sur le glacier du Commandant-Charcot au nord-ouest de la langue glaciaire. Nom donné en souvenir du navire polaire français Pourquoi-Pas ?, sur lequel le commandant J. B. Charcot accomplit la plus grande partie de ses campagnes, et qui sombra dans une tempête sur les côtes d'Islande le 16 septembre 1936. |
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