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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| Pesce Peninsula (GBR) | 71° 38' 00.0" S | 75° 00' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 110586
Place ID: 11141
Between Rameau Inlet and Verdi Inlet, Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Named after Cdr. Victor L. Pesce, USN, Commanding Officer, Squadron VXE-6, in the Antarctic, 1980-81. |
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| Pesce Peninsula (USA) | 71° 41' 00.0" S | 74° 57' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 130049
Place ID: 11141
Broad snow-covered peninsula between Rameau Inlet and Verdi Inlet on the N side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of FIDS, 1960. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Victor L. Pesce, USN, Commanding Officer, U.S. Navy Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6), from May 1980 to May 1981. |
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