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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| Nordenskjöld Coast (RUS) | 64° 30' 00.0" S | 60° 00' 00.0" W | Coast |
| Name ID: 119677 Place ID: 10349 | |||
| Nordenskjöld Coast (GBR) | 64° 30' 00.0" S | 60° 30' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 110374
Place ID: 10349
Cape Longing to Cape Fairweather. |
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| Nordenskjöld Coast (USA) | 64° 30' 00.0" S | 60° 30' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 129466
Place ID: 10349
That portion of the E coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Longing and Cape Fairweather. The name was proposed in 1909 by Edwin Swift Balch, for Dr. Otto Nordenskjold, Swedish geographer and leader of the SwedAE, 1901-04, who explored this coast in 1902. |
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| Nordenskjöld, costa (ARG) | 64° 30' 00.0" S | 60° 30' 00.0" W | Coast |
| Name ID: 101694 Place ID: 10349 | |||
| Nordenskjöld, Costa (CHL) | 64° 40' 00.0" S | 60° 35' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 106015
Place ID: 10349
El nombre fue puesto en 1909 por Edwin Swift Balch, en honor de Otto Nordenskjöld, geógrafo sueco y jefe de la Expedición Sueca que se realizó entre 1901-1904, que exploró esta costa en 1902. Se llama así aquella porción de la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins que se extiende de cabo Longing a cabo Fairweather. Presenta accidentes geográficos importantes: ensenada Larsen, cabos Sobral, Worsley, Fairweather, glaciar Drygalski, nunataks Tillberg, meseta Detroit, isla Lindenberg, todos estos accidentes están cubiertos casi completamente por hielo y nieve. |
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