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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| Polarstern Knoll (USA) | 71° 25' 00.0" S | 24° 47' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 130234
Place ID: 11426
An undersea knoll named for the German research vessel Polarstern, which took part in 22 expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic (1982-1995). Name proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 6/97 (ACUF 271). |
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| Polarstern Plateau (GEBCO) | 71° 12' 00.0" S | 24° 30' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 136575
Place ID: 11426
Proposer: Dr. H. Hinze, AWI, Germany, Jan. 1997. Accredited by: SCUFN (Jun. 1997). Named after the German R/V Polarstern which has carried out research work in the Weddell Sea since her first commissioning in 1982. Least depth: 3,663 m. |
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