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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| Callisto Cliffs (GBR) | 71° 01' 00.0" S | 68° 20' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 108057
Place ID: 2210
rising to 550m on S side of Jupiter Glacier, George VI Sound, Alexander Island, following surveys by BAS, 1962-73, were named after Callisto, one of the satellites of the planet Jupiter, in association with the names of other planets and their satellites in this area (APC, 1975, p.3; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/14, 2-DOS 1984). |
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| Callisto Cliffs (USA) | 71° 03' 00.0" S | 68° 20' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 123218
Place ID: 2210
This feature, rising to 550 m, comprises two cliffs, one forming the southern margins of Jupiter Glacier, the other the eastern margin of Alexander Island. The feature was mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by RARE, 1947-48, and from survey by FIDS, 1948-50. Named by UK-APC in association with Jupiter Glacier after Callisto, one of the moons of the planet Jupiter. |
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