Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Turret Point (GBR) | 62° 05' 18.4" S | 57° 57' 01.9" W | Point |
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Name ID: 111689
Place ID: 15086
E side of King George Bay, King George Island, NW of Penguin Island, was charted by DI in 1937 when the name Turret Rocks was applied to the stacks marking the SW extremity of the beach at this point (Hill and others, chart, 1937a; BA chart 3205, 2.ix.1938; APC, 1955, p.21; [referring to a group of rocks off the point] USBGN, 1956, p.309). Rocas Turret (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.699; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.286). Rochers Turret (France. SHM, 1954, p.45). Following air photography by FIDASE in 1956, the name Turret Point was applied to the feature as now defined (APC, 1960, p.8; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962). Turrent [sic] Point (USOO chart 6943, 1963). |
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| Turret Point (USA) | 62° 05' 00.0" S | 57° 55' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 132980
Place ID: 15086
Point marked by conspicuous high rock stacks, forming the E limit of King George Bay on the S coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The point was charted in 1937 by DI personnel on the Discovery II who gave the name Turret Rocks, but this has led to confusion with a group of rocks lying close offshore. The UK-APC recommended in 1960 that since the feature originally named is a land feature, the term point be used to avoid confusion and ambiguity. |
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| Turret, punta (ARG) | 62° 05' 00.0" S | 57° 55' 00.0" W | Point |
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| Turret, Rocas (CHL) | 62° 04' 00.0" S | 57° 57' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 106397
Place ID: 15086
El nombre fue puesto en 1937 por la Investigación Discovery. Grupo de rocas situadas cerca de la costa S de la isla Rey Jorge, al lado E de la bahÃa Rey Jorge y a 5 cables al NW del extremo N de la isla Penguin, en las islas Shetland del Sur. |
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