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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| Sadler Point (GBR) | 64° 41' 00.0" S | 62° 02' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 111008
Place ID: 12590
S side of Plata Passage, was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Danco Island", 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after James Sadler (1751-1828), Oxford confectioner and the first English aeronaut, who ascended in a Montgolfier balloon, 4 October 1784 (APC, 1960, p.7: BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). |
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| Sadler Point (USA) | 64° 42' 00.0" S | 62° 04' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 131108
Place ID: 12590
Point within Wilhelmina Bay, lying 2.5 mi E of Garnerin Point on the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 after James Sadler (1751-1828), Oxford confectioner, the first English aeronaut, who ascended in a montgolfier balloon on Oct. 4, 1784. |
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| Sadler, punta (ARG) | 64° 41' 00.0" S | 62° 02' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 102089 Place ID: 12590 | |||
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