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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| Pedersen Nunatak (GBR) | 64° 56' 00.0" S | 60° 44' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 110545
Place ID: 11018
W-most of the Seal Nunataks (q.v.), Nordenskjöld Coast, rising 210m above Larsen Ice Shelf, NE of Cape Fairweather, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in November 1947 and named after Kapt. Morten Pedersen, Master of the Norwegian sealing ship Castor (Castor Nunatak, q.v.), which operated off W Graham Land, 1893-94 (APC, 1955, p.16; Anderson, 1957, p.85; BA chart 3570, 29.ix.1961; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). Pedersen (Anderson, 1957, p.163). Pederson [sic] (González-Ferrán, 1983, map Fig. 1, p.334). |
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| Pedersen Nunatak (USA) | 64° 56' 00.0" S | 60° 44' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 129960
Place ID: 11018
The westernmost of the Seal Nunataks, lying 8 mi NE of Cape Fairweather, off the E coast of Antarctic Peninsula. First charted in 1947 by the FIDS, and named for Capt. Morten Pedersen of the Norwegian sealer Castor, which operated in Antarctic waters during the 1893-94 season. |
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| Pedersen, nunatak (ARG) | 64° 56' 00.0" S | 60° 44' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
| Name ID: 101809 Place ID: 11018 | |||
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