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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| Chinstrap Cove (GBR) | 61° 14' 45.4" S | 54° 11' 16.2" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 108186
Place ID: 2629
W coast of Clarence Island, following survey by JSEEIG was named from the large colony of chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) in this cove (DOS 610 sheet W 61 54, 1-GSGS 1972; APC, 1974, p.3). "Skua Camp", referring to JSEEIG camp on this cove in January 1987 (Highton in Furse, 1979, p.139; BA chart 3205, 31.vii.1987) |
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| Chinstrap Cove (USA) | 61° 14' 00.0" S | 54° 11' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 123527
Place ID: 2629
A cove 3 mi NE of Escarpada Point on the NW coast of Clarence Island, South Shetland Islands. The name refers to the large colony of Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) observed in the cove by the U.K. Joint Services Expedition, 1970-71. |
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