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
De Gerlache Seamounts (USA) 65° 00' 00.0" S 90° 30' 00.0" W
Name ID: 124180 Place ID: 3418

Seamounts named for the Lt. Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache (Royal Belgian Navy), Commander of the Belgica during the first Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1896-1899.

De Gerlache Seamounts (GEBCO) 65° 00' 00.0" S 90° 30' 00.0" W
Name ID: 136487 Place ID: 3418

Named after Adrien de Gerlache, leader of the Belgian Antarctic "Belgica" expedition 1896-1899. [See also Lecointe].

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