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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| Palaver Point (GBR) | 64° 09' 00.0" S | 61° 46' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110477
Place ID: 10833
W coast of Two Hummock Island (q.v.), Palmer Archipelago, following air photography by FIDASE in 1956, was so named in reference to the noise at the penguin rookery sited on the point (APC, 1960, p.6; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). |
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| Palaver Point (USA) | 64° 09' 00.0" S | 61° 45' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 129800
Place ID: 10833
Point on the W side of Two Hummock Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Photographed by the FIDASE in 1955-57. The name arose because the feature is the site of a penguin rookery, with its attendant ceaseless noise resembling the profuse and idle discussion denoted by the word "palaver." |
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| Palaver, punta (ARG) | 64° 09' 00.0" S | 61° 46' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 101766 Place ID: 10833 | |||
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