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
Bransfield Trough (USA) 61° 30' 00.0" S 54° 00' 00.0" W
Name ID: 122871 Place ID: 16655

An undersea trough between the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands. Named for Edward Bransfield who charted the South Shetland Islands in 1820. Name approved 10/77 (ACUF 177).

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