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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| Megalestris Hill (GBR) | 65° 10' 00.0" S | 64° 09' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 110096
Place ID: 9381
rising to 35m on Petermann Island, Graham Coast, was charted by FAE, 1908-10, a cairn with plaque being erected; named Colline des Mégalestris after McCormick's skua (Catharacta maccormicki, formerly Megalestris maccormicki) (Charcot, 1910, p.150 and map facing p.152). Megalastris [sic] Hill (BA, 1930, p.86). Colline de Megalestris (France. SHM, 1937, p.407). Colina Megalestris (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.289; Pierrou, 1970, p.514). Megalestris Hill (APC, 1955, p.15; BA, 1961, p.173). The hill was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Prospect Point", 1957-58. |
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| Megalestris Hill (USA) | 65° 11' 00.0" S | 64° 10' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 128758
Place ID: 9381
Rocky hill, 35 m, in the S part of Petermann Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago. First charted and named by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot. Megalestris is an obsolete generic name for the South Polar skua. |
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| Megalestris, colina (ARG) | 65° 10' 00.0" S | 64° 09' 00.0" W | Hill |
| Name ID: 101525 Place ID: 9381 | |||
| Megalestris, Colina (CHL) | 65° 11' 00.0" S | 64° 09' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 135031
Place ID: 9381
Cartografiada y así denominada por la Expedición Antártica Francesa al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot, 1908-1910. Megalestris es un nombre obsoleto para la skúa polar del sur. Colina rocosa de unos 35 metros de elevación, en la parte S de la isla Petermann, frente a la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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