Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Azur, Baie (BEL) | 65° 04' 00.0" S | 63° 35' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 104891
Place ID: 722
Ainsi dénommée par les couleurs de cette baie au crépuscule. |
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| Azure Cove (GBR) | 65° 05' 00.0" S | 63° 35' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 107616
Place ID: 722
S side of Flandres Bay, Danco Coast, was charted by BeAE on 11 February 1898 and named descriptively Baie d'Azur (Lecointe, map, 1899; 1903, Carte 5). Azur Bay (BA chart 1238, viii.1900). Azure Bay (Cook, 1900, map p.xx). Baia dell' Azzurro (Gerlache, 1902a). Bahïa Azure (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.180). The cove was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57. Azure Cove (APC, 1960, p.2; BA chart 3572, 29.xi.1974). Bahïa Zapiola, so called by AAE after the Argentine patriot (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter Z). |
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| Azure Cove (USA) | 65° 04' 00.0" S | 63° 35' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 122073
Place ID: 722
Cove 1 mi long, lying just E of Cangrejo Cove in the SW part of Flandres Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the BelgAE under Gerlache (1897-99) and named "Baie d'Azur" because when the Belgica anchored near here, everything appeared to be colored blue in the evening light. |
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| Azure, bahía (ARG) | 65° 03' 00.0" S | 63° 40' 00.0" W | Cove |
| Name ID: 100170 Place ID: 722 | |||
| Riquelme, Bahía (CHL) | 65° 05' 00.0" S | 63° 35' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 135015
Place ID: 722
El nombre corresponde al apellido del guardiamarina Ernesto Riquelme, de la gloriosa corbeta "Esmeralda" de la Armada de Chile, héroe del Combate Naval de Iquique, el 21 de mayo de 1879. Bahía que se abre inmediatamente al E de la bahía Chávez, en la costa S de la bahía Flandres, en la costa occidental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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| Turbidite Hill (AUS) | 82° 01' 00.1" S | 157° 45' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 722
Place ID: 15056
A low hill about 7 km north-east of Mount Hayter. Discovered by the N.Z. Geological Expedition (1964-65). Named after the curious sedimentary features in the Beacon Sandstone making up part of the hill. |
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| Zapiola, bahía (ARG) | 65° 05' 00.0" S | 63° 34' 00.0" W | Cove |
| Name ID: 102518 Place ID: 722 | |||
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