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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| Sayer Nunatak (GBR) | 62° 28' 21.5" S | 60° 08' 04.8" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 111052
Place ID: 12780
rising to 210m S of Williams Point, NE Livingston Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS, 1957-59; following geological work by BAS, 1975-76, and in association with the names of nineteenth-century sealers in this area, named after Capt. Sayer, Master of the brig General Scott, from Sag Harbor, New York, who carried out sealing operations in this area, 1821-22 (APC, 1980, p.5). |
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| Sayer Nunatak (USA) | 62° 28' 24.0" S | 60° 08' 07.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 131239
Place ID: 12780
Nunatak rising to 210 m S of Williams Point, NE Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; later visited during BAS geological studies, 1975-76. Named by UK-APC after Capt. Sayer, Master of the brig sealing operations in this area, 1821-22. |
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