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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| Halfthree Point (GBR) | 62° 13' 45.3" S | 58° 56' 49.8" W | Point |
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Name ID: 109172
Place ID: 5890
SE point of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, was charted by DI in 1934-35 and probably so named as a survey station at that time (Nelson and others, chart, 1935g; APC, 1960, p.4; BA chart 1774, 23.xi.1962). Half Three Point (Nelson, 1935; DOS 610 sheet W 62 58, 1968). Pontal Halfthree (Brazil. Península Fildes map, 1984). |
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| Halfthree Point (USA) | 62° 14' 00.0" S | 58° 57' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 126098
Place ID: 5890
Point forming the SE end of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1935. |
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| Halfthree, punta (ARG) | 62° 14' 00.0" S | 58° 57' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 101099 Place ID: 5890 | |||
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