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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| Vorweg Point (GBR) | 65° 57' 00.0" S | 64° 47' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 111793
Place ID: 15594
W side of Barilari Bay, Graham Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Prospect Point", 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of ski-mountaineering grouped in this area, named after O. Vorweg, German pioneer ski-runner and author of Das Schneeschuh Laufen (Warmbrunn, 1893), one of the earliest manuals on skiing (APC, 1959a, p.12; BA chart 3573, 26.viii.1960). |
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| Vorweg Point (USA) | 65° 57' 00.0" S | 64° 48' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 133322
Place ID: 15594
Point NW of Huitfeldt Point on the SW side of Barilari Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the UK-APC in 1959 for O. Vorweg, German pioneer exponent of skiing and author of Das Schneeschuh Laufen (1893), probably the earliest manual on skiing. |
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| Vorweg, punta (ARG) | 65° 57' 00.0" S | 64° 47' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 102435 Place ID: 15594 | |||
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