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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| Borge Point (GBR) | 63° 54' 00.0" S | 60° 46' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 107877
Place ID: 1613
SE entrance point of Mikkelsen Harbour, Trinity Island, was named by Capt H. Borge (Borge Bay, q.v.) during his survey of the harbour, probably in 1913-14 (Borge, chart, [1915]; APC, 1960, p.3; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961); photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956. Punta Borge (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 8) |
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| Borge Point (USA) | 63° 54' 00.0" S | 60° 45' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 122745
Place ID: 1613
Point forming the E side of Mikkelsen Harbor, Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The point was charted and this name used by the Norwegian whaling captain Hans Borge during his survey of Mikkelsen Harbor, probably in 1914-15. |
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| Borge, punta (ARG) | 63° 54' 00.0" S | 60° 46' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 100316 Place ID: 1613 | |||
| Fuenzalida, Punta (CHL) | 63° 54' 00.0" S | 60° 45' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 105582
Place ID: 1613
Probablemente fue denominada en honor al profesor Humberto Fuenzalida Villegas, geólogo de la Universidad de Chile. Punta que limita por el E la bahía Mikkelsen, constituye el extremo de una península que se proyecta hacia el S cuya altura media es de 360 metros. |
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| Mount Ruker (AUS) | 73° 35' 55.0" S | 64° 26' 35.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1613
Place ID: 12477
A large, dark outcrop about 7 km south-west of Mount Rubin in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956.Named after R.A. Ruker, geologist at Mawson in 1960. |
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