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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| Bravo, Rocas (CHL) | 65° 08' 00.0" S | 64° 26' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 105233
Place ID: 13558
La Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1960- 1961, que efectuó sondajes en la zona comprendida entre el paso Francés y el estrecho Penola, le puso el nombre por el apellido del capitán de fragata Eugenio Bravo Crawley Boevey, oficial de operaciones de la Expedición. Rocas que emergen a 8,7 millas al W del centro de la isla Hovgaard, frente a la costa occidental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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| Snag Rocks (GBR) | 65° 08' 00.0" S | 64° 27' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 111242
Place ID: 13558
rising 2 m above sea level at NW end of French Passage, Wilhelm Archipelago, were photographed from the air from HMS Protector's helicopter by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit in March 1958; so named because the rocks constitute a hazard near the middle of the fairway (APC, 1959a, p.11; BA chart 3572, 12.viii.1960). Rocas Bravo, so called by CAE, 1960-61, after Capt. (F) Eugenio Bravo Crawley-Boevey, Operations Officer on the expedition (Chile. DNH chart 1502, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.54). Stag [sic] Rocks (BA, 1974, p.189). |
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| Snag Rocks (USA) | 65° 08' 00.0" S | 64° 27' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 131818
Place ID: 13558
A cluster of rocks lying mid-channel in French Passage between Roca Islands and Myriad Islands, in Wilhelm Archipelago. Photographed from the helicopter of HMS Protector in March 1958. So named by UK-APC because the feature presents a hazard or obstacle to navigation. |
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