Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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 Tuxen (RUS) | 65° 45' 00.0" S | 64° 45' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 121080 Place ID: 15105 | |||
| Cape Tuxen (GBR) | 65° 16' 00.0" S | 64° 08' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 111693
Place ID: 15105
SW entrance point of Waddington Bay, Grandidier channel, Graham Coast, was charted by BeAE, 12 February 1898, and named Cap Tuxen probably after a supporter of the expedition (Lecointe, map, 1899; 1900a, map facing p.132; Charcot, 1910, map facing p.370; Bongrain, 1914, vue 18 following p.60). Cape Tuxen (BA chart 1238, viii.1900; Cook, 1900, map facing p.xx and photograph facing p.169; Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.400; BA chart 3196, 12.xi.1948; APC, 1955, p.21; DOS 610 sheet W 65 64, 1959). Cabo Tuxen (Gourdon, [1910], p.129; Pierrou, 1970, p.699; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.286). Cerro Tuxen (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.286a). The cape was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RN in 1958. Kaap Tuxen (Knapp, 1958, p.587). |
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| Cape Tuxen (USA) | 65° 16' 00.0" S | 64° 08' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 132993
Place ID: 15105
Rocky cape forming the S side of the entrance to Waddington Bay on the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered and named by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache. |
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| Tuxen, cabo (ARG) | 65° 16' 00.0" S | 64° 08' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 102361 Place ID: 15105 | |||
| Tuxen, Cabo (CHL) | 65° 16' 00.0" S | 64° 07' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 106399
Place ID: 15105
Fue descubierto y denominado por la Expedición Belga de 1897-1899, al mando del teniente Adrien de Gerlache. Promontorio rocoso que forma el lado S de la entrada a bahía Waddington en la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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