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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| Craggy Point (GBR) | 61° 17' 37.8" S | 54° 13' 43.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108339
Place ID: 4333
SW point of Clarence Island, was called descriptively Punta Escarpada [=craggy point] by AAE, 1953-54 (Argentina. MM chart 125, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.344); surveyed by JSEEI and named Craggy Point (DOS 610 sheet W 61 54 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972; APC, 1974, p.3). Escarpada Point (Alberts, 1977, p.41). |
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| Escarpada Point (USA) | 61° 17' 00.0" S | 54° 14' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 124883
Place ID: 4333
The rocky, rugged SW point of Clarence Island, South Shetland Islands. The descriptive name was applied in Argentine government cruises of 1953-54. Escarpada means craggy. |
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| Escarpada, punta (ARG) | 61° 17' 00.0" S | 54° 15' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 100814 Place ID: 4333 | |||
| Point Escarpada (RUS) | 61° 16' 00.0" S | 54° 13' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 117913 Place ID: 4333 | |||
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