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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| Cetacea Rocks (GBR) | 63° 44' 00.0" S | 61° 37' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 108133
Place ID: 2474
rising 65m above sea level off NE Hoseason Island, were photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57; in association with seal and whale names in this area, named after the zoological order Cetacea (whales and porpoises) (APC, 1960, p.3; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). |
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| Cetacea Rocks (USA) | 63° 43' 00.0" S | 61° 37' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 123417
Place ID: 2474
Small group of rocks off the NE side of Hoseason Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted by the FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 after the zoological order Cetacea (whales and porpoises); these rocks lie in one of the chief Antarctic whaling areas. |
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| Rosler Skerry (AUS) | 66° 54' 56.9" S | 57° 15' 43.2" E | Skerry |
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Name ID: 2474
Place ID: 12376
The westernmost skerry of Rigel Skerries off Kemp Land. |
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