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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| Aleko Rock (BGR) | 62° 37' 07.0" S | 60° 20' 31.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 105002
Place ID: 192
Rocky point midway along the NE coast of Emona Anchorage, Livingston Island. Located 3.28km NE by N of Hespérides Point and 6.31km ENE of Ereby Point. Projecting 150m to the WSW, with two chains of rocks centred 120m to the WNW and 200m to the N. Emerged in a recent glacier retreat. Bulgarian mapping from a 1995-96 topographic survey of the region. Like Aleko Peak in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria, named for Aleko Konstantinov (1863-97), writer and proponent of wilderness exploration. |
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| Aleko Rock (GBR) | 62° 37' 06.6" S | 60° 20' 24.8" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 107481
Place ID: 192
Rocky point on the NE coast of South Bay, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, 2000 m N of Spanish Point; feature emerged during recent glacier retreat. Named by the Third Bulgarian Expedition (1994-95) after Aleko Konstantinov (1863-97), a writer and proponent of wilderness exploration. |
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| Aleko Rock (USA) | 62° 37' 00.0" S | 60° 21' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 121677
Place ID: 192
Rocky point on the NE coast of South Bay, Livingston Island, 2,000 m N of Spanish Point; emerged during a glacier retreat. Named Aleko Point by the Third Bulgarian Expedition (1994-95) after a peak in the Rila Mountains and a site on Vitosha Mountain which commemorates a writer and proponent of wilderness exploration. Approved as Aleko Rock by UK-APC in 1995. |
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