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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| Contact Point (RUS) | 63° 23' 00.0" S | 56° 58' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 117529 Place ID: 2926 | |||
| Contact Point (GBR) | 63° 23' 00.0" S | 56° 59' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108287
Place ID: 2926
N side of Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, was roughly surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1945 (when it was reported as an island) and resurveyed in 1955; so named because contacts between greywacke, tuff and diorite are exposed on the point (APC, 1955, p.7; DOS 310 Hope Bay sheet, 1961). |
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| Contact Point (USA) | 63° 23' 00.0" S | 56° 59' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 123769
Place ID: 2926
Small rock point close W of Sheppard Point on the N side of Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula. The feature was first charted as an island by the SwedAE, 1901-04, but was surveyed by the FIDS in 1955 and proved to be a point. So named by FIDS because greywacke, tuff and diorite were found to be exposed on or very close to this point. Such contacts had not previously been recorded and they were important for the interpretation of the geology of Tabarin Peninsula. |
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