Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Gash Cove (GBR) | 60° 42' 27.0" S | 45° 35' 27.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 135249
Place ID: 17835
Small cove S of Berntsen Point, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. Surveyed by FIDS 1947-50. Photographed from the air by Royal Navy 1968. Named descriptively as it was where waste (gash) was dumped daily until 1991 when BAS introduced waste management procedures to comply with the Protocol on Environmental Protection (APC, 2004). |
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