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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| Aitcho Islands (GBR) | 62° 22' 51.7" S | 59° 46' 35.1" W | Island |
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Name ID: 107469
Place ID: 136
between Table Island and Dee Island, English Strait, South Shetland Islands, were charted and named by DI in 1935 after the Admiralty Hydrographic Office [HO] (BA chart 1774, 9.vii.1948; APC, 1955, p.4; BA chart 1774, 19.vii.1968). Other features in this vicinity were named after members of the Hydrographic Office staff. Rocas Channel, in error (Channel Rock, q.v.) (Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948). The islands were recharted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Protector in 1967. Islotes Turner (Isla Turner, q.v.) (Argentina. MM chart H-711, 1969). Islas Aitcho (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 1) |
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| Aitcho Islands (USA) | 62° 24' 00.0" S | 59° 47' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 121636
Place ID: 136
Group of small islands lying between Table Island and Dee Island in the N entrance to English Strait, South Shetland Islands. Charted and named in 1935 by DI after the Admiralty Hydrographic Office. Other features in this vicinity were named after members of the Hydrographic Office staff. |
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| Aitcho, islotes (ARG) | 62° 23' 00.0" S | 59° 50' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 100039
Place ID: 136
En la boca NE del estrecho Espora. Descubiertas y denominadas por el Capitán Fildes, de Liverpool, quien visitara la zona en 1821. Fueron cartografiadas por primera vez por personal del "DISCOVERY" en 1935 y su nombre aparece por primera vez en una carta del Almirantazgo. SHN carta 138/H-711. Publicado primeramente en la cartografía antártica del año 1948, en la carta H-711 de 1969 y en TSAA2. |
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| Snezhnyy Bay (AUS) | 68° 26' 20.8" S | 78° 26' 35.5" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 136
Place ID: 13571
A bay with a very narrow entrance in the northern part of the Vestfold Hills. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956 and ANARE in 1957 and 1958. |
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