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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| Couperin Bay (GBR) | 72° 08' 00.0" S | 74° 22' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 108323
Place ID: 3040
S coast of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island, between Perce Point and Berlioz point, was mapped by BAS from US LANDSAT imagery of January 1973 (BAS 250P sheet SS 16-18/4, 1-DOS 1974); in association with the names of composers in this area, named after Fran ois Couperin (1668-1733), French composer (APC, 1980, p. 3). |
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| Couperin Bay (USA) | 72° 08' 00.0" S | 74° 22' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 123863
Place ID: 3040
A bay on the S coast of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island, between Perce Point and Berlioz Point. The bay was photographed from the air by the RARE, 1947-48, and was mapped from the photographs by D. Searle of FIDS in 1960. Named by the UK-APC in 1977 in association with the names of composers grouped in this area, after Francois Couperin (1668-1733), French composer. |
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