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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| Springtail Spur (GBR) | 60° 41' 08.0" S | 45° 37' 47.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 111344
Place ID: 13872
trending E-W and rising to 170 m N of Spindrift Col, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. Named after the springtail insects (especially, Cryptopygus antarcticus) that are abundant beneath stones and in the sparse vegetation of the spur (APC, 1991). |
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| Springtail Spur (USA) | 60° 41' 00.0" S | 45° 37' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 132047
Place ID: 13872
A spur rising to 170 m at the SW end of Andreaea Plateau, on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. Named by UK-APC following BAS ecological work from the springtail insects (especially, Cryptopygus antarcticus) that are abundant beneath stones and in the sparse vegetation of the spur. |
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