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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| Almena, promontorio (ARG) | 60° 37' 00.0" S | 45° 13' 00.0" W | Promontory |
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Name ID: 100057
Place ID: 15088
En costa E de isla Coronación, islas Orcadas del Sur. Su topónimo proviene de su forma característica, coronado por desprendimientos casi simétricos en la cumbre. El accidente fue avistado por la expedición conjunta de Palmer y Powell a fines de 1821, pero fue cartografiado por la EBCD en 1933, siendo su actual nombre una traducción del inglés. Fue publicado en TSAA1. SHN carta H-611. |
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| The Turret (GBR) | 60° 40' 00.0" S | 45° 09' 00.0" W | Promontory |
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Name ID: 111690
Place ID: 15088
headland rising to 460 m SE of Gibbon Bay, E Coronation Island, was probably sighted by Powell and Palmer in December 1821; charted by DI in 1933 and named descriptively (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.21; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). Promontorio Almena [=turret promontory] (Argentina. MM chart 117, 1952; Pierrou, 1970, p.158). La Torre [=the tower] (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1954). The feature was surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1956-58. |
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| The Turret (USA) | 60° 40' 00.0" S | 45° 09' 00.0" W | Promontory |
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Name ID: 132982
Place ID: 15088
Conspicuous rocky headland, 460 m high, at the S side of the entrance to Gibbon Bay on the E coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Probably first sighted by Capt. George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer who discovered these islands in December 1821. Charted and given this descriptive name by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1933. |
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| Turret The (RUS) | 60° 40' 00.0" S | 45° 09' 00.0" W | Promontory |
| Name ID: 121077 Place ID: 15088 | |||
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