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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| Citadel Bastion (GBR) | 71° 59' 00.0" S | 68° 32' 00.0" W | Buttress |
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Name ID: 108209
Place ID: 2706
rising to 465m on S side of Saturn Glacier, SE Alexander Island, following surveys by BAS, 1961-73, was named from its resemblance to a fortified structure, with a watch-tower at the end of a wall (APC, 1975, p.3; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/14, 2-DOS 1984). |
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| Citadel Bastion (USA) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 68° 32' 00.0" W | Buttress |
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Name ID: 123576
Place ID: 2706
A rocky, flat-topped elevation at the S side of the terminus of Saturn Glacier, on the E side of Alexander Island. The feature was mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by RARE, 1947-48, and from survey by FIDS, 1948-50. The name applied by UK-APC refers to the resemblance of the feature to a fortified structure. |
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