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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| Faro, bahía del (ARG) | 64° 52' 00.0" S | 63° 35' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 100864 Place ID: 13718 | |||
| South Bay (GBR) | 64° 52' 11.0" S | 63° 34' 45.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 111285
Place ID: 13718
between Cape Kemp and Py point, Doumer Island (q.v.), Palmer Archipelago, was charted by BGLE in February 1935 and so named from its position on the island (BA chart 3213, 5.x.1950; APC, 1955, p.19; BA chart 3572, 25.vii.1958). Bahía del Faro [=lighthouse bay], so called from the light sited on Py Point by AAE in 1947 (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.359). Bahía South (Chile. DNH chart 510, 1955; IHA, 1974, p.266). A station for summer occupation was established on the SE shore of the bay by the Chilean Navy, 18 February 1962, and called "Yelcho" after the Chilean oceanographic ship "Yelcho" (BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/3, 1-DOS 1979). "Yel'cho" (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). |
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| South, Bahía (CHL) | 64° 52' 00.0" S | 63° 36' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 106305
Place ID: 13718
El nombre es de carácter descriptivo, por la posición del accidente. Se abre sobre la costa SW de isla Doumer, en una milla al oriente de cabo Kemp y la cierra por el sur una angosta península que termina al occidente de punta Py. La bahía mide 4,5 cables de ancho por 11 de saco. Las costas norte y oriental están formadas por acantilados de hielo, la costa sur es una playa de piedra |
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