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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| Rothera Point (GBR) | 67° 34' 03.0" S | 68° 07' 47.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110948
Place ID: 12396
E entrance point of Ryder Bay, Wright Peninsula, SE Adelaide Island, and site of the BAS station Rothera (q.v.), was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Horseshoe Island" and "Detaille Island", 1957-58; named after John Michael Rothera (b. 1934), FIDS surveyor, "Horseshoe Island", 1957-58, and "Detaille Island", 1958-59 (APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; 3462, 25.iii.1983). The point was designated SSSI No. 9 under the Antarctic Treaty (SPRI, 1986, p.228). |
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| Rothera Point (USA) | 67° 34' 00.0" S | 68° 08' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 130971
Place ID: 12396
Point at the E side of the entrance to Ryder Bay, on the SE coast of Adelaide Island. Charted by the FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for John M. Rothera, FIDS surveyor at the Horseshoe Island station in 1957 and at Detaille Island in 1958. |
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| Rothera, punta (ARG) | 67° 34' 00.0" S | 68° 08' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 102057 Place ID: 12396 | |||
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