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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| The Symplegades (GBR) | 63° 51' 42.0" S | 60° 59' 09.0" W | |
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Name ID: 137387
Place ID: 19042
Vertical cliffs approximately 100-150 m high, either side of a narrow but navigable passage, west Spert Island. Named after the mythological clashing rocks at the Bosporus, which clashed together randomly, crushing anything between them. |
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| The Symplegades (USA) | 63° 51' 13.0" S | 60° 55' 10.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 137852
Place ID: 19042
Vertical cliffs approx 100-150 meters high, either side of a narrow but navigable passage between Spert Island and Trinity Island. Named after the mythological clashing rocks at the Bosporus, which clashed together randomly, crushing anything between them. |
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