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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| Iceberg Bay (RUS) | 60° 40' 00.0" S | 45° 31' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 118562 Place ID: 6842 | |||
| Iceberg Bay (GBR) | 60° 39' 00.0" S | 45° 32' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 109453
Place ID: 6842
between Cape Hansen and Olivine Point, S Coronation Island, was roughly charted by Weddell in January 1823 and named descriptively Ice Berg Bay (Weddell, 1825a, map facing p.25). Eisberg Bay (Weddell, 1827, second end map). Iceberg Bay (Powell, chart, 1831; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; [referring to unnamed bay on E side of Olivine Point] Sørlle and Borge chart, 1913; [correctly shown] BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.12). Eisberg Bai (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Isfjell Bukt, referring to bay on E side of Olivine Point (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). The bay was recharted by DI in 1933. Bahía Témpano [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM chart 117, 1952; Pierrou, 1970, p.680). The bay was further surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1956-58. The bay is the site of a BAS refuge hut established in 1962. |
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| Iceberg Bay (USA) | 60° 39' 00.0" S | 45° 32' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 126898
Place ID: 6842
Bay 3 mi wide, which indents the S coast of Coronation Island between Cape Hansen and Olivine Point, in the South Orkney Islands. Named by Matthew Brisbane, who roughly charted the S coast of Coronation Island under the direction of James Weddell in 1823. |
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| Témpano, bahía (ARG) | 60° 39' 00.0" S | 45° 32' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 102281 Place ID: 6842 | |||
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