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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| Oeste, arrecife (ARG) | 61° 05' 00.0" S | 55° 36' 00.0" W | Reef |
| Name ID: 101729 Place ID: 15914 | |||
| West Reef (GBR) | 61° 05' 04.3" S | 55° 35' 30.3" W | Reef |
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Name ID: 111893
Place ID: 15914
WNW of Cape Lindsey, Elephant Island, with rocks awash, was roughly charted by Powell in 1822 and so named because it lies off the W entrance of Sealers Passage (Powell, chart, 1822a; SDUK, map, 1838; APC, 1974, p.7; DOS 610 sheet W 6154 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972). Récif West (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170). West Riff (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). The reef was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. |
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| West Reef (USA) | 61° 05' 00.0" S | 55° 36' 00.0" W | Reef |
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Name ID: 133586
Place ID: 15914
A reef 3 mi NW of Cape Lindsey, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. The name is descriptive of location with reference to Elephant Island. An old sealer name dating back to at least 1822. |
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