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
Poste Point (USA) 65° 05' 00.0" S 64° 01' 00.0" W Point
Name ID: 130292 Place ID: 11510

Point on the W side of Booth Island which marks the S limit of Salpetrere Bay, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. First charted by the FrAE, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for L. Poste, stoker on the ship Francais.

Poste, punta (ARG) 65° 05' 00.0" S 64° 01' 00.0" W Point
Name ID: 101893 Place ID: 11510

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