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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| Ailsa Craig (GBR) | 60° 47' 00.0" S | 44° 36' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 107466
Place ID: 130
small island rising to 170m off Scotia Bay, Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, was charted by SNAE on 22 September 1903 and named from its resemblance to the island in the Firth of Clyde (Bruce, 1903-04, p.25, 70; Bruce and others, chart, [1903a]; Bruce, 1904, p.62; BA chart 1238, ix.1905; APC, 1955, p.4). The Craig (Bruce, 1903-04, p.81). Ailsa Craig Islet (BA, 1916, p.411). Ailsa Crag [sic] (Brown, 1923a, p.155). Isla Ailsa Craig (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.153). Isla Craig (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.278). Isla Ailsa (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.45). Isla Allsa [sic] Craig (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.54). Isola Ailsa Craig (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 10). |
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| Ailsa Craig (USA) | 60° 47' 00.0" S | 44° 37' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 121629
Place ID: 130
Precipitous island 1 mi S of Point Rae, off the S coast of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the ScotNAE under Bruce, who named it for the island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. |
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| Ailsa Craig, Ile (RUS) | 60° 48' 00.0" S | 44° 37' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 116757 Place ID: 130 | |||
| Ailsa Craig, isla (ARG) | 60° 47' 00.0" S | 44° 37' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 100038
Place ID: 130
Situada cerca de punta Rae, frente a la costa S de isla Laurie, islas Orcadas del Sur. Fue cartografiada y denominada por la E.A.S. de W. Bruce (1902-1904) quien la encontró semejante a la isla escocesa homónima. Figuró por primera vez en la carta 31 de 1930 y en la TSAA1. SHN carta H-611. |
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| McDonald Bay (AUS) | 66° 36' 00.0" S | 92° 45' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 130
Place ID: 9259
An open bay about 20 km wide, just west of Haswell Islands on the coast of Queen Mary Land. Charted by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson. Named by USACAN after Capt. E.A. McDonald, USN, commander of the USS Burton Island flagship of two ice-breakers which took part in USN Operation Windmill, which obtained astro-fixes in the vicinity. |
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