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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Cape Danger (GBR) | 62° 26' 38.5" S | 60° 22' 15.3" W | Cape |
Name ID: 108422
Place ID: 3312
N point of Desolation Island, off Livingston Island, was charted by DI in 1934-35 and probably named at that time, in reference to rocks NW of the cape (Nelson and others, chart, 1935b; BA, 1942, p.43; chart 1774, 9.vii.1948; APC, 1955, p.8; DOS 610 sheet W 62 60, 1968). Cabo Danger (Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948). Cabo Peligro [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM chart ALFA, 1954). Cabo Peligroso (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.220; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.222; Pierrou, 1970, p.581). |
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Cape Danger (USA) | 62° 27' 00.0" S | 60° 23' 00.0" W | Cape |
Name ID: 124085
Place ID: 3312
Cape which forms the NW extremity of Desolation Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. So named because a group of sunken rocks extends about 0.4 mi N from the cape. |
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Peligroso, cabo (ARG) | 62° 27' 00.0" S | 60° 10' 00.0" W | Cape |
Name ID: 101814 Place ID: 3312 | |||
Peligroso, Cabo (CHL) | 62° 28' 00.0" S | 60° 21' 00.0" W | Cape |
Name ID: 106069
Place ID: 3312
Su nombre lo debe a un grupo de rocas sumergidas que se extienden a unos 4 cables al NW del cabo. Fue cartografiado por la Expedición Británica del Discovery en 1935. Situado en el extremo NW de la isla Desolación en las islas Shetland del Sur. |
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