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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| Cryptogam Ridge (GBR) | 60° 43' 42.0" S | 45° 39' 40.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 108377
Place ID: 3179
Ridge rising to c. 140 m SE of Cummings Cove, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. Following terrestrial biological work by BAS, so-named for its N-facing slope which supports a diversity of mosses and lichens, collectively referred to as cryptogams (GBR text 1991). |
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| Cryptogam Ridge (USA) | 60° 43' 00.0" S | 45° 40' 00.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 123987
Place ID: 3179
An E-W ridge lying S of Cummings Cove in Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. The north-facing slope of the ridge supports a diversity of lichens and mosses, collectively referred to as cryptogams (spore-producing plants). Named by the UK-APC in 1991. |
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