Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Berntsen Point (RUS) | 60° 42' 00.0" S | 45° 35' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 117071 Place ID: 1244 | |||
| Berntsen Point (GBR) | 60° 42' 22.0" S | 45° 35' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 107772
Place ID: 1244
S entrance point of Borge Bay, Signy Island, was charted by DI in 1927 and named after Kapt. Søren Berntsen (1880-1940), Norwegian Master of SS Orwell (Orwell Glacier, q.v.), who assisted the DI survey party the following year and who also made the first known collection of rocks from Signy Island, 1927-28 (Chaplin, 1932, p.304; Marr, 1935, p.333) (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.5). Bernsten [sic] Point, Bernstein [sic] Point (France. SHM, 1937, p.390). Punta Berntsen (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 7). |
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| Berntsen Point (USA) | 60° 43' 00.0" S | 45° 36' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 122463
Place ID: 1244
Point which forms the S side of the entrance to Borge Bay on the E side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1927 by DI personnel on the year. |
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| Berntsen, punta (ARG) | 60° 43' 00.0" S | 45° 36' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 100260 Place ID: 1244 | |||
| Lake Fletcher (AUS) | 68° 27' 05.8" S | 78° 15' 24.8" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 1244
Place ID: 4723
This curious salt lake in the Vestfold Hills has a connection with the sea. It is hypersaline and stratified, that is the upper water is always fresher than the lower water. |
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