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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Åkerlundh Nunatak (GBR) | 65° 04' 00.0" S | 60° 10' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
Name ID: 107473
Place ID: 153
the smallest of the Seal Nunataks (q.v.), Oscar II Coast, was mapped by FIDS from Hope Bay in August 1947; named after Gustaf Åkerlundh, the youngest member of SwAE, who wintered at Snow Hill Island in 1902 and 1903 (APC, 1955, p.4). |
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Åkerlundh Nunatak (USA) | 65° 04' 00.0" S | 60° 10' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
Name ID: 121647
Place ID: 153
Nunatak which lies 2 mi NW of Donald Nunatak between Bruce and Murdoch Nunataks in the Seal Nunataks group, off the E coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Charted in 1947 by the FIDS, who named it for Gustaf Akerlundh, a member of the SwedAE, 1901-04. |
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