Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Chapman Point (GBR) | 65° 55' 00.0" S | 61° 20' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108153
Place ID: 2523
SE entrance point of Scar Inlet, Oscar II Coast, following survey by FIDS from Hope Bay in 1961, was named after Sydney Chapman (1888-1970), Professor of Natural Philosophy, Oxford University, 1946-53; joint initiator with L.V. Berkner (Berkner Island, q.v.) of IGY; President, Commission for the IGY, 1958-59; Advisory Scientific Director, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, 1951-70 (APC, 1964, p.3; Soviet Union. GUGK map 221, 1973). |
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| Chapman Point (USA) | 65° 55' 00.0" S | 61° 20' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 123457
Place ID: 2523
A low rounded point marking the eastern limit of Scar Inlet on the north side of Jason Peninsula, Graham Land. Surveyed by FIDS in 1955. Named by UK-APC after Sydney Chapman, British geophysicist, President of the Commission for the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58. |
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