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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| Aitken Cove (RUS) | 60° 45' 00.0" S | 44° 32' 00.0" W | Cove |
| Name ID: 116759 Place ID: 137 | |||
| Aitken Cove (GBR) | 60° 44' 00.0" S | 44° 31' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 107470
Place ID: 137
off Fitchie Bay, Laurie Island, was surveyed by SNAE, 22 and 30 September 1903, and named after A.N.G. Aitken, of Aitken and Methuen, solicitors to the expedition (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.4). Apedale Cove after Mr Apedale, Scottish chartered accountant, assistant to T.B. Whitson (Cape Whitson, q.v.) and H. Methuen (Methuen Cove, q.v.), financial managers of the expedition (Bruce, 1903-04, p.70), or Methuen Cove (Pirie, 1913, Pl. 1; BA, 1916, p.410). Caleta Aitken (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.278: Pierrou, 1970, p.153). Puerto Aitken (Argentina, 1953, p.190). |
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| Aitken Cove (USA) | 60° 45' 00.0" S | 44° 32' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 121637
Place ID: 137
Cove which lies immediately NE of Cape Whitson, along the S coast of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the ScotNAE under Bruce, who named it for A.N.G. Aitken, solicitor to the expedition. |
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| Aitken, caleta (ARG) | 60° 45' 00.0" S | 44° 32' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 100040
Place ID: 137
Al S de isla Laurie, islas Orcadas del Sur. Fue cartografiada por la E.A.E. de W. Bruce (1903-1904). denominada en honor del secretario ejecutivo de la expedición A.N.G. Aitken. Apareció primeramente en un listado del Ministerio de Marina de 1945 y en TSAA1. SHN carta H-611. |
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| Sparkes Bay (AUS) | 66° 21' 32.0" S | 110° 34' 00.1" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 137
Place ID: 13772
A bay between Mitchell Peninsula and Robinson Ridge, Windmill Islands. First plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946 47). Named after Lieutenant R.S. Sparkes, USN, military leader at Wilkes in 1958. |
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