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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| Gumercindo, Punta (CHL) | 72° 27' 00.0" S | 72° 39' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 134951
Place ID: 12389
El nombre corresponde al de Gumercindo Revuelta A., biólogo de suelos, que participó en la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1970- 1971. Punta que constituye el extremo suroriental de la entrada al campo de hielos Flores, en el extremo S de la isla Alejandro I. |
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| Rossini Point (RUS) | 72° 28' 00.0" S | 72° 32' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 120300 Place ID: 12389 | |||
| Rossini Point (GBR) | 72° 28' 00.0" S | 73° 09' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110945
Place ID: 12389
SE entrance point of Bach Inlet, SW Alexander Island, was photographed from the air by RARE in December 1947; following map compilation from the air photographs by FIDS in 1959, named after Gioacchini Antonio Rossini (1792-1868), Italian composer ([in 72°27'S 72°39'W] APC, 1961, p.3; USHO chart 6638, 1962; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates adjusted from USLANDSAT imagery of January 1973] BAS 250 sheet SS 16-18/4, 1-DOS 1974; APC, 1977, p.28). Mys Rossini (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl. 24). Punta Rossini (Argentina. IGM map, 1966). |
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| Rossini Point (USA) | 72° 28' 00.0" S | 73° 09' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 130966
Place ID: 12389
Snow-covered point on the S coast of Alexander Island, marking the SE side of the entrance to the embayment occupied by Bach Ice Shelf. First seen and roughly mapped by the USAS, 1939-41. Remapped in greater detail from air photos obtained by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by the UK-APC for Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868), Italian composer. |
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