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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| Patience Rocks (GBR) | 67° 45' 00.0" S | 68° 56' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 110520
Place ID: 10950
in-shore rocks awash N of Adelaide Anchorage, Adelaide Island, were charted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from John Biscoe in 1963 and named after Leading Engineer Mechanic Donald Patience, RN (b.1941), a member of the survey party (BA, 1963, p.13; APC, 1964, p.4; BA chart 3577, 14.viii.1964). |
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| Patience Rocks (USA) | 67° 45' 00.0" S | 68° 56' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 129899
Place ID: 10950
Group of rocks lying 1.5 mi NW of Avian Island, close off the S end of Adelaide Island. Named by the UK-APC for Leading Engineer Mechanic Donald Patience, a member of the RN Hydrographic Survey Unit which charted this area in 1963. |
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| Patience, rocas (ARG) | 67° 45' 00.0" S | 68° 56' 00.0" W | Rock |
| Name ID: 101796 Place ID: 10950 | |||
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