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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| Bon Docteur Nunatak (USA) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 140° 01' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 122695
Place ID: 1557
Small coastal nunatak, 28 m, standing at the W side of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue, 0.2 mi S of Rostand Island in the Geologie Archipelago. Photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Charted by the FrAE, 1952-53, and named for Dr. Jean Cendron, medical officer and biologist with the FrAE, 1951-52. |
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| Bon Docteur, Nunatak du (RUS) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 140° 01' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
| Name ID: 117167 Place ID: 1557 | |||
| Bon-Docteur, Nunatak du (FRA) | 66° 40' 22.0" S | 140° 01' 10.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 107237
Place ID: 1557
Ensemble d'émergences rocheuses en bordure de la calotte glaciaire continentale, sur la rive ouest de la langue glaciaire de l'Astrolabe, au sud de l'archipel de Pointe-Géologie ; nom donné en souvenir du docteur Jean Cendron, médecin de l'expédition, surnommé le Bon Docteur, qui s'est rendu à cet endroit en juin 1951 pour observer les manchots empereurs. |
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| Mount Summerson (AUS) | 82° 43' 00.1" S | 155° 04' 59.9" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1557
Place ID: 14232
A mountain in the Geologists Range about 26 km south of Mount Fyfe. Plotted by the U.S. Geological Survey from air photographs taken by the U.S. Navy in 1960-62. Named by USACAN after C.H. Summerson, geologist at Mount Weaver in 1962-63. |
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