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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| Denisson, arrecife (ARG) | 66° 29' 00.0" S | 66° 50' 00.0" W | Reef |
| Name ID: 100668 Place ID: 3528 | |||
| Dennison Reef (GBR) | 66° 29' 00.0" S | 66° 50' 00.0" W | Reef |
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Name ID: 108479
Place ID: 3528
awash NW of Cape Rey, Crystal Sound, Loubet Coast, was photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Detaille Island", 1958-59; in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after David Mathias Dennison (b. 1900), American physicist who took X-ray diffraction pictures used to interpret the crystal structure of ice; Professor of Physics, University of Michigan, from 1935 (APC, 1960, p.3; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961). |
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| Dennison Reef (USA) | 66° 29' 00.0" S | 66° 50' 00.0" W | Reef |
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Name ID: 124268
Place ID: 3528
A reef between Shull Rocks and Pauling Islands, lying E of the S end of the Biscoe Islands in Crystal Sound. Mapped from air photos obtained by the RARE (1947-48) and surveys by FIDS (1958-59). Named by UK-APC for David M. Dennison, British physicist who took x-ray diffraction pictures which were used to interpret the crystal structure of ice. |
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