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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| Hedionda, punta (ARG) | 61° 13' 00.0" S | 55° 23' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 101125 Place ID: 14050 | |||
| Stinker Point (GBR) | 61° 13' 17.1" S | 55° 22' 46.5" W | Point |
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Name ID: 111406
Place ID: 14050
between Mensa Bay and Cape Lookout, SW Elephant Island, following survey by JSEEI in December 1970, was named for the giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus) which breeds there, stinker being a sailor's name for the bird (DOS 610 sheet W 61 54 (Ext.), 1 GSGS 1972; APC, 1974, p.6). Punta Hedionda [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM chart H 710, 1977). |
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| Stinker Point (USA) | 61° 13' 00.0" S | 55° 23' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 132196
Place ID: 14050
Point 4 mi S of Table Bay on the W coast of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. Mapped by the U.K. Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island, 1970-71, and named after the Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) which breeds there; "Stinker" being a sailors' name for that bird. |
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