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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| Upton Rock (GBR) | 62° 11' 42.8" S | 59° 07' 23.1" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 111715
Place ID: 15204
submerged rock off N coast of Nelson Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956; in association with the names of ninteenth-century sealers in this area, named after Capt. Benjamin Upton, Master of the American sealing ship Nancy (Nancy Rock, q.v.), from Salem, Mass., who visted the South Shetland Islands, 1821-22 (APC, 1962, p.32; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962). |
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| Upton Rock (USA) | 62° 12' 00.0" S | 59° 08' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 133073
Place ID: 15204
Rock lying 3 mi NW of Flat Top Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the UK-APC in 1961 for Benjamin Upton, Master of the American sealing vessel Islands in 1821-22. |
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