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
Bare Rock (GBR) 60° 42' 16.0" S 45° 35' 23.0" W Rock
Name ID: 107667 Place ID: 885

rising 6m above sea level in Borge Bay, Signy Island, was charted and named descriptively by DI in 1927 (BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929; 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.5).

Bare Rock (USA) 60° 43' 00.0" S 45° 36' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 122187 Place ID: 885

Rock which lies 0.1 mi NE of Berntsen Point in the entrance to Borge Bay, off the E side of Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted and named descriptively by DI personnel on the Discovery in 1927.

Mule Island (AUS) 68° 38' 47.4" S 77° 49' 38.3" E Island
Name ID: 885 Place ID: 9945

A small island about 1 km long and up to 0.5 km wide, off the southern part of the Vestfold Hills.

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