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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| Sosa Bluff (GBR) | 82° 32' 00.0" S | 42° 53' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 111281
Place ID: 13706
rising to c. 700m in Schneider Hills (q.v.), Argentina Range, Pensacola Mountains, was named after Tte 1° Oscar Roberto Sosa, of the Argentine Army, Officer-in-charge of the Argentine station "General Belgrano", winter 1966 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/11, 1968; APC, 1974, p.6). |
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| Sosa Bluff (USA) | 82° 32' 00.0" S | 42° 53' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 131911
Place ID: 13706
A rock bluff 1 mi S of Lisignoli Bluff in the Schneider Hills portion of the Argentina Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-67. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. O.R. Sosa, Argentine officer in charge of General Belgrano Station, winter 1966. |
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