Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
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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Moss Braes (GBR) | 60° 40' 37.0" S | 45° 37' 28.0" W | Slope |
Name ID: 110246
Place ID: 9891
West-facing slopes (braes) W of Robin Peak, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. Named for the extensive moss banks on the dissected rocky slopes (APC, 1991). |
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Moss Braes (USA) | 60° 41' 00.0" S | 45° 37' 00.0" W | Slope |
Name ID: 129140
Place ID: 9891
West-facing slopes (braes) situated W of Robin Peak on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. Named by the UK-APC in 1990 from the extensive moss banks on the dissected rocky slopes. |
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