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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| Dawson Head (GBR) | 70° 44' 00.0" S | 61° 50' 00.0" W | Head |
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Name ID: 108446
Place ID: 3401
NW side of Lehrke Inlet, Black Coast, was photographed from the air by USN in 1966 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from "Stonington Island", 1972-73; named after Capt. Opie L. Dawson, USCG, commanding USCGC Glacier during the International Weddell Sea Expedition, 1963 (BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/12, 1-DOS 1976; APC, 1977, p.10). |
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| Dawson Head (USA) | 70° 43' 00.0" S | 61° 57' 00.0" W | Head |
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Name ID: 124165
Place ID: 3401
A high coastal point, or headland, along the NW side of Lehrke Inlet on the E coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Capt. Opie L. Dawson, USCG (Ret.), Commanding Officer of the USCGC Glacier during the International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expedition, 1968. |
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