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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| Cape Sørlle (RUS) | 60° 45' 00.0" S | 44° 59' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 120875 Place ID: 13693 | |||
| Cape Sørlle (GBR) | 60° 45' 00.0" S | 44° 59' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 111279
Place ID: 13693
S point of Fredriksen Island, South Orkney Islands, was charted by DI in 1933 and named Cape Sörlle [sic] after Kapt. Petter Sørlle (Petter Bay, q.v.) (Nelson, 1933, p.26; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.19). Cabo Sörlle (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.176b). Cape Sørlle (USBGN, 1956, p.285; APC, 1961, p.3). |
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| Cape Sørlle (USA) | 60° 46' 00.0" S | 44° 59' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 131904
Place ID: 13693
Rocky bluff marking the S end of Fredriksen Island in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered and first charted in 1821 by Capt. George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer. Recharted in 1933 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and named for Capt. Petter Sorlle, Norwegian whaler who made a running survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13. |
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| Sørlle, cabo (ARG) | 60° 45' 00.0" S | 44° 59' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 102267 Place ID: 13693 | |||
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