Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Pomona Plateau (RUS) | 60° 35' 00.0" S | 45° 54' 00.0" W | Plateau |
| Name ID: 120026 Place ID: 11456 | |||
| Pomona Plateau (GBR) | 60° 35' 00.0" S | 45° 54' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 110673
Place ID: 11456
ice cap between Deacon Hill and Sandefjord Peaks, W Coronation Island (q.v.), rising to c. 400m, was surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1948-50, and so named in order to preserve Weddell's naming of the island after Pomona, Orkney Islands (APC, 1955, p.17; BA, 1966, p.40; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). |
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| Pomona Plateau (USA) | 60° 35' 00.0" S | 45° 55' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 130247
Place ID: 11456
Ice-covered plateau, over 300 m elevation, extending between Sandefjord Peaks and Deacon Hill in the western part of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Named by the UK-APC following a survey by the FIDS in 1948-50. This naming revives in an altered form a name given by James Weddell in 1822. Being unaware of the prior discovery of Coronation Island by Capt. Nathaniel Palmer and Capt. George Powell, and its naming at that time, Weddell renamed the island "Pomona" or "Mainland" after the island in the northern Orkney Islands. That name was published by Weddell in 1825 but did not survive. |
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| Pomona, meseta (ARG) | 60° 35' 00.0" S | 45° 54' 00.0" W | Plateau |
| Name ID: 101885 Place ID: 11456 | |||
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