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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| Cape Torson (AUS) | 66° 46' 19.9" S | 90° 02' 27.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 273
Place ID: 14835
A cape on the ice coast of Wilhelm II Land. Plotted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1956, and named after K.P. Torson, lieutenant on the Vostok, flagship of the Bellingshausen Expedition (1819-1821). |
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| Cape Torson (USA) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 90° 36' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 132799
Place ID: 14835
A point at the E side of Posadowsky Bay on the coast of Antarctica. First mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Remapped by the Soviet expedition 1956, who named it after Lt. K.P. Torson, of the ship Vostok in the Bellingshausen expedition 1819-21. |
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| Torsona, mys (RUS) | 66° 46' 00.0" S | 90° 03' 00.0" E | Cape |
| Name ID: 121012 Place ID: 14835 | |||
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