Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Windy Gap (GBR) | 63° 34' 00.0" S | 58° 09' 00.0" W | Pass |
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Name ID: 111972
Place ID: 16139
pass running N-S at c.950 on E side of Louis-Philippe Plateau, Trinity Peninsula, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in April 1946 and so named from the very bad weather experienced in the pass (APC, 1955, p.22; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974); further surveyed by FIDS, 1959-60. |
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| Windy Gap (USA) | 63° 34' 00.0" S | 58° 09' 00.0" W | Pass |
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Name ID: 133784
Place ID: 16139
Pass 975 m high, located at the NE end of Louis Philippe Plateau. It marks the meeting place of three valleys of Trinity Peninsula, namely Broad Valley leading eastward toward Duse Bay, a valley leading northward to Lafond Bay, and another southward to Prince Gustav Channel. Discovered by the FIDS and so named because of the very bad weather experienced in the pass during a survey journey in April 1946. |
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