Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
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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| Britten Inlet (GBR) | 72° 36' 00.0" S | 72° 30' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 107964
Place ID: 1874
SW side of Monteverdi Peninsula, SW Alexander Island, was mapped by BAS from US LANDSAT imagery of 1973 (BAS 250P sheet SS 16-18/4, 1-DOS 1974); in association with the names of composers grouped in this area, named after Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (1913-76), British composer (APC, 1980, p.3; BA chart 3175, 7.xii.1984; BA chart 4063, 11.ix.1987) |
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| Britten Inlet (USA) | 72° 36' 00.0" S | 72° 30' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 122953
Place ID: 1874
Ice-filled inlet on the SW side of Monteverdi Peninsula, S Alexander Island. The inlet was delineated from U.S. Landsat imagery of January 1973. In association with the names of composers grouped in this area, named by the UK-APC, 1977, after Edward Benjamin Britten (1913-76), British composer. |
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| Gromov Nunataks (AUS) | 67° 45' 00.0" S | 50° 40' 00.1" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1874
Place ID: 5716
A group of nunataks about 13 km WSW of Mount Henry in the Scott Mountains, Enderby Land. Named by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition after M.M. Gromov, Soviet pilot. |
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