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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| Rameau Inlet (GBR) | 71° 49' 00.0" S | 75° 12' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 110791
Place ID: 11854
on W side of Beethoven Peninsula, SW Alexander Island, was delineated from US LANDSAT imagery of 29 January 1973 (BAS 250P sheet SR 17-18/15, 16, 1-DOS 1974); in association with the names of composers in this area, named after Jean Philippe Rameau (1618-1764), French composer (APC, 1980, p.5). |
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| Rameau Inlet (USA) | 71° 46' 00.0" S | 75° 13' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 130539
Place ID: 11854
A partly ice-filled inlet in SW Alexander Island, indenting the N side of Beethoven Peninsula between Pesce Peninsula and Cape Westbrook, the SW extremity of the island. Delineated from U.S. Landsat imagery of Jan. 29, 1973, by DOS. In association with names of composers in the area, named by UK-APC after Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), French composer. |
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