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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| Wave Peak (RUS) | 60° 37' 00.0" S | 45° 36' 00.0" W | Peak |
| Name ID: 121327 Place ID: 15794 | |||
| Wave Peak (GBR) | 60° 37' 00.0" S | 45° 36' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 111850
Place ID: 15794
rising to 960m at head of Laws Glacier, Marshall Bay, Coronation Island, was surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1948-49, and so named from its resemblance to a breaking wave (APC, 1955, p.22; DOS 510 South Orkney Island, West Sheet, 1963); further surveyed by FIDS, 1956-58. |
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| Wave Peak (USA) | 60° 37' 00.0" S | 45° 36' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 133484
Place ID: 15794
Conspicuous peak, 960 m, which rises precipitously from the head of Laws Glacier in the central part of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The feature has a prominent ridge running in a southwesterly direction. To the N and E it slopes gently to the level of Brisbane Heights. Surveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS, and so named by them because of the resemblance of this peak to a wave about to break. |
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