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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| Napier Rock (GBR) | 62° 10' 00.9" S | 58° 26' 22.7" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 110297
Place ID: 10080
rising 5m above sea level SE of Point Thomas, Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Following a sketch survey by an RN Hydrographic Unit from John Biscoe, 1951-52, a rock reported in 62°10'S 58°26'W was named after Ronald Gordon Napier (1925-56), FIDS general assistant, Signy, 1955, and Base Leader, "Admiralty Bay", 1955-56, until he was drowned in a boat accident, 24 March 1956 (APC, 1960, p.6; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962). Following a helicopter flight over the area by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Endurance, 11 January 1969, it was concluded that no rock existed in the reported position and the name was transferred to the present feature, situated 1km to the WSW (BA, 1970, p.41; APC, 1975, p.4). |
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| Napier Rock (USA) | 62° 10' 00.0" S | 58° 26' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 129271
Place ID: 10080
Rock lying 1.75 mi ESE of Point Thomas in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Ronald G. Napier (1925-1956) of FIDS, general assistant and handyman at the Signy Island station in 1955, and then leader at Admiralty Bay until he was drowned on March 24, 1956. |
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| Napier, roca (ARG) | 62° 10' 00.0" S | 58° 27' 00.0" W | Rock |
| Name ID: 101646 Place ID: 10080 | |||
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