Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Shumskiy Cove (GBR) | 67° 04' 00.0" S | 67° 21' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 111172
Place ID: 13232
SE end of Hanusse Bay, Loubet Coast, E of Bagnold Point, was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1957; in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after Petr Aleksandrovich Shumskiy (1915-88), Russian glaciologist and member of polar expeditions; Chief Glaciologist, SAE, 1955-57, at "Mirnyy Station", AAT; author of Osnovy strukturnogo ledovedniya ... [Principles of structural studies of ice ...] (Moscow, 1955) (APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3571, 14.vii. 1961). Shumsky [sic] Cove (BA, 1961, p.190). |
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| Shumskiy Cove (USA) | 67° 04' 00.0" S | 67° 21' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 131575
Place ID: 13232
A cove in southern Hanusse Bay indenting the NW side of Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land. Mapped by FIDS from surveys and air photos, 1956-59. Named by UK-APC for Petr A. Shumskiy, Russian glaciologist, author in 1955 of an important publication on the petrology of ice. |
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| Shumskiy, caleta (ARG) | 67° 04' 00.0" S | 67° 21' 00.0" W | Cove |
| Name ID: 102172 Place ID: 13232 | |||
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