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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| Brahms Inlet (RUS) | 71° 25' 00.0" S | 73° 55' 00.0" W | Inlet |
| Name ID: 117213 Place ID: 1745 | |||
| Brahms Inlet (GBR) | 71° 30' 00.0" S | 73° 42' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 107923
Place ID: 1745
N side of Beethoven Peninsula, SW Alexander Island, after map compilation by FIDS in 1959 from air photographs taken by RARE in 1947, was named after Johannes Brahms (1833-97), German composer, in association with the names of other composers in this area ([in 71ø25'S 73ø55'W] APC, 1961, p.2; USHO chart V30-SP6, 1962; DOS 710 sheet 14, 1963; Searle, 1963, map Fig. 3; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of January 1973] BAS 250P sheet SR 17-18/15, 16, 1-DOS 1974; APC, 1977, p.6). Ledyanoy Bukhta Bramsa (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl. 24). |
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| Brahms Inlet (USA) | 71° 28' 00.0" S | 73° 41' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 122856
Place ID: 1745
Ice-filled inlet, 25 mi long and 6 mi wide, indenting the N side of Beethoven Peninsula on Alexander Island between Harris Peninsula and Derocher Peninsula. Observed from the air and first mapped by the RARE, 1947-48. Remapped from the RARE air photos by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by UK-APC after Johannes Brahms (1833-97), German composer. |
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| Carpenter Nunatak (AUS) | 73° 29' 43.0" S | 61° 19' 35.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1745
Place ID: 2348
A snow-covered rock peak about 19 km south-west of Pardoe Peak on Mount Menzies in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed from ANARE aircraft in 1957 and 1960. Mapped from Mount Menzies by an ANARE party led by D Trail in 1961. Named after Geoff D.P. Smith, carpenter at Mawson in 1961. |
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