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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| Albert Bank (USA) | 77° 10' 00.0" S | 32° 45' 00.0" W | Bank |
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Name ID: 121658
Place ID: 11607
A bank in the Weddell Sea named for Albert I of Monaco (1848-1922), instrumental in initiating first GEBCO charts (1903). 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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| Prince Albert I Bank (GEBCO) | 77° 10' 00.0" S | 32° 45' 00.0" W | Bank |
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Name ID: 136580
Place ID: 11607
Proposer: Dr. H. Hinze, AWI, Germany, Jan. 1997. Accredited by: SCUFN (Jun. 1997). Named after Prince Albert I of Monaco (1848-1922) who initiated in 1903 the first edition of GEBCO. Least depth: < 250 m. |
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