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
Powell Basin (USA) 62° 15' 00.0" S 49° 30' 00.0" W Basin
Name ID: 130316 Place ID: 11540

An undersea basin named for George Powell, captain of a British sealing ship, who discovered Powell Island. Name approved 10/77 (ACUF 177).

Powell Basin (GEBCO) 62° 00' 00.0" S 50° 00' 00.0" W Basin
Name ID: 136578 Place ID: 11540

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