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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| Umitaka Bank (USA) | 67° 25' 00.0" S | 167° 00' 00.0" E | Bank |
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Name ID: 133055
Place ID: 15180
A bank named for the research vessel Umitaku-Maru of the Tokyo University of Fisheries, which took soundings in the area (1964-65). Name approved 4/80 (ACUF 201). |
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| Umitaka Seamount (GEBCO) | 67° 25' 00.0" S | 167° 00' 00.0" E | Bank |
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Name ID: 136612
Place ID: 15180
Accredited by: SCUFN (May 1995). Origin of name unknown. Taken from NZOI Bathymetric map "Balleny". Shown as Seamount in ACUF Gazeteer but as Bank on this map. |
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