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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| Saunders Valley (GBR) | 62° 12' 50.1" S | 58° 58' 18.4" W | Valley |
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Name ID: 111045
Place ID: 12761
running ESE into Hydrographers Cove, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, following geological work by BAS, 1975-76, was named after Andrew David Saunders (b. 1951), British geologist, University of Birmingham, working with the BAS party in this area (APC, 1980, p.5). Córrego Wind (Brazil. Península Fildes map, 1984 ) |
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| Saunders Valley (USA) | 62° 13' 00.0" S | 58° 58' 00.0" W | Valley |
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Name ID: 131220
Place ID: 12761
Valley 0.9 mi in length and varying width, trending WNW-ESE in S Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. The valley mouth opens to Hydrographers Cove. Named by the UK-APC in 1977 for Andrew D. Saunders, British geologist, University of Birmingham, working with the BAS party in this area, 1975. |
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