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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| Tinsel Dome (GBR) | 63° 44' 00.0" S | 58° 55' 00.0" W | Dome |
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Name ID: 111600
Place ID: 14741
rising to 770 m SE of Bone Bay, Trinity Peninsula, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in July 1948 and so named from its appearance with the sun shining on it (APC, 1955, p.21; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974); photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and further surveyed from the ground by FIDS, 1959-60. |
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| Tinsel Dome (USA) | 63° 44' 00.0" S | 58° 55' 00.0" W | Dome |
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Name ID: 132729
Place ID: 14741
Small ice-covered hill, 700 m, standing between Aureole Hills and Bone Bay on Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1948 by the FIDS who gave this descriptive name. |
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