Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Burns Bluff (GBR) | 70° 22' 00.0" S | 67° 56' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 108024
Place ID: 2091
E coast of George VI Sound, following surveys by BAS, 1962-72, was named after Frederick Michael Burns (b. 1942), BAS geophysicist, "Stonington Island", 1967-69 (APC, 1977, p. 7; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/10, 2-DOS 1984). |
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| Burns Bluff (USA) | 70° 22' 00.0" S | 67° 56' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 123118
Place ID: 2091
A bluff on the W coast of Palmer Land, immediately to the S of Naess Glacier. Named by UK-APC for Frederick M. Burns, BAS geophysicist at Stonington Island, 1967-69. |
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