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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| Eckener Point (GBR) | 64° 25' 00.0" S | 61° 37' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108619
Place ID: 4056
E entrance point of Charlotte Bay, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Portal Point", 1957-59; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after Hugo Eckener (1868-1954), German pioneer of airship aviation, whose Graf Zeppelin made more than 600 flights, including a major Arctic flight in 1931; last President of Aeroarctic, an international society for exploration of the Arctic with airships, 1929-37 (APC, 1960, p.4; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). |
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| Eckener Point (USA) | 64° 26' 00.0" S | 61° 36' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 124663
Place ID: 4056
Point marking the NE side of the entrance to Charlotte Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. First roughly charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Hugo Eckener (1868-1954), German pioneer of airship aviation, president of Aeroarctic, an international society for exploration of the Arctic with airships, 1929-37, who piloted the Graf Zeppelin for more than 600 flights including a major Arctic flight in 1931. |
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| Eckener, cabo (ARG) | 64° 26' 00.0" S | 61° 36' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 100766 Place ID: 4056 | |||
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