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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| Dee Ice Piedmont (GBR) | 68° 41' 00.0" S | 66° 58' 00.0" W | Piedmont |
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Name ID: 108461
Place ID: 3464
E side of Mikkelsen Bay, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by BGLE in 1936-37 and photographed from the air by RARE, 27 November 1947; resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-50; in association with the names of pioneers of navigation grouped in this area, named after John Dee (1527-1608), English mathematician and teacher of navigation methods in a period of great maritime expansion and exploration (APC, 1962, p.10; DOS 610 sheet W 68 66, 1963). |
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| Dee Ice Piedmont (USA) | 68° 40' 00.0" S | 66° 58' 00.0" W | Piedmont |
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Name ID: 124214
Place ID: 3464
An ice piedmont between Pavie Ridge and the mouth of Clarke Glacier on the E side of Mikkelsen Bay, W coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Surveyed from the ground by BGLE, 1936-37, and by FIDS, 1948-50. Photographed by RARE, Nov. 1947 (trimetrogon air photography). Named by UK-APC after John Dee (1527-1608), English mathematician and pioneer teacher of navigation methods for 30 years during a period of great maritime expansion and exploration. |
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| Dee, pie de hielo (ARG) | 68° 41' 00.0" S | 66° 56' 00.0" W | Piedmont |
| Name ID: 100653 Place ID: 3464 | |||
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