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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| Cape Westbrook (GBR) | 71° 50' 00.0" S | 75° 26' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 111894
Place ID: 15917
Northern entrance of Rameau Inlet, Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Named after Capt. Daniel E. Westbrook, Jr., USN, Commander, US Naval Support Force, Antarctica, Operation "Deep Freeze", 1978-79 and 1979-80, who previously served in the Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation. |
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| Cape Westbrook (USA) | 71° 50' 00.0" S | 75° 26' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 133588
Place ID: 15917
Snow-covered cape forming the SW extremity of Alexander Island. Mapped by USGS from aerial photographs taken by RARE, 1947, U.S. Navy, 1967-68, and from U.S. Landsat imagery taken 1972-73. Named by US-ACAN for Capt. Darrel E. Westbrook, Jr., USN, Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, from June 1978 to June 1980. |
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