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 Davidson (RUS) | 60° 46' 00.0" S | 44° 46' 00.0" W | Cape |
Name ID: 117627 Place ID: 3368 | |||
Cape Davidson (GBR) | 60° 46' 00.0" S | 44° 46' 00.0" W | Cape |
Name ID: 108436
Place ID: 3368
S point of Mackenzie Peninsula and W entrance point of Wilton Bay, Laurie Island, was mapped by SNAE in June 1903 and named after J. Davidson, First Mate in the expedition ship Scotia (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.8). Davidson Peninsula (Bruce, 1903-04, p.37). CaboDavidson (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.295). The cape was recharted by DI in 1933. |
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Cape Davidson (USA) | 60° 46' 00.0" S | 44° 46' 00.0" W | Cape |
Name ID: 124135
Place ID: 3368
Cape which marks the southernmost part of Mackenzie Peninsula and the W side of the entrance to Wilton Bay, in the W part of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the ScotNAE under Bruce, who named it for J. Davidson, first mate of the expedition ship Scotia. |
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Davidson, cabo (ARG) | 60° 46' 00.0" S | 44° 46' 00.0" W | Cape |
Name ID: 100627 Place ID: 3368 |
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