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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| Holmes Rock (GBR) | 62° 22' 58.8" S | 59° 50' 06.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 109346
Place ID: 6525
rising 45m above sea level off W side of Aitcho Islands, English Strait, South Shetland Islands, was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956; in association with the names of nineteenth-century sealers in this area, named after Capt. Jeremiah Holmes, Master of the American sealing ship Emeline (Emeline Island, q.v.) from Stonington, who visited the South Shetland Islands, 1820-21 (APC, 1962, p.16; BA chart 1774, 19.vii.1968). |
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| Holmes Rock (USA) | 62° 23' 00.0" S | 59° 50' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 126640
Place ID: 6525
Rock lying 1 mi NW of Emeline Island, Aitcho Islands, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by UK-APC in 1961 for Jeremiah Holmes, Master of the American sealing vessel Emeline from Stonington, CT, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21. |
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