Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Pelias Bluff (GBR) | 66° 04' 00.0" S | 61° 23' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 110549
Place ID: 11034
N coast of Jason Peninsula, S of Chapman Point, Oscar II Coast, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in June 1953; in association with the peninsula, named after Pelias, in Greek mythology Jason's uncle who deprived him of his kingdom, but was later killed through the agency of Medea (Medea Dome, q.v.) (APC, 1958, p.6; BA chart 3570, 29.ix.1961). |
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| Pelias Bluff (USA) | 66° 04' 00.0" S | 61° 23' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 129972
Place ID: 11034
Conspicuous rock bluff rising to more than 150 m at the head of the inlet lying immediately W of Standring Inlet, on the N coast of Jason Peninsula in Graham Land. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1953. Named in 1956 by the UK-APC in association with Jason Peninsula; Pelias, who was his uncle, deprived Jason of his kingdom, but was later killed through the agency of Medea. |
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