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
Braillard Point (GBR) 62° 12' 41.5" S 58° 54' 56.2" W Point
Name ID: 107924 Place ID: 1746

NE point of Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay, King George Island, was charted by DI in 1935 and named after Able Seaman Albert Thomas Braillard, RN, of Discovery II, 1931-35 (Nelson and others, chart, 1935g; APC, 1960, p.3; DOS 610 sheet W 62 58, 1968; BA chart 1774, 8.vi. 1961). Pontal Braillard (Brazil. PenĂ­nsula Fildes map, 1984 ).

Braillard Point (USA) 62° 13' 00.0" S 58° 55' 00.0" W Point
Name ID: 122857 Place ID: 1746

Point forming the NE end of Ardley Island, off the SW end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named by DI personnel on the in 1931-33 and 1933-35.

Corner Nunatak (AUS) 82° 52' 00.1" S 157° 30' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 1746 Place ID: 2990

A nunatak in the extreme north-east corner of the Miller Range, between Marsh Glacier and Nimrod Glacier. Discovered and named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961-62).

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