Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Dogs Leg Fjord (GBR) | 67° 43' 00.0" S | 66° 52' 00.0" W | Fjord |
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Name ID: 108539
Place ID: 3733
off E side of Bourgeois Fjord, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by BGLE, 1936-37, and named Dog's Leg Fjord from its shape (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.432; BA, 1948, p.215). Dog's Leg Fiord (USHO, 1943, p.159). Fiordo Pata de Perro [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH chart LIII, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.578). Dogs Leg Fjord (BA chart 3196, 12.xi.1948; APC, 1955, p.8; DCS 601 sheet 67 66, 1954). The fjord was resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49. Fiord Dog's Leg (Argentina. MM chart 109, 1949). Fiord Pata de Perro (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.298). Dog Leg Fjord (BA, 1954, p.60). Seno Pata de Perro (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.197; IHA, 1974, p.221). |
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| Dogs Leg Fjord (USA) | 67° 43' 00.0" S | 66° 52' 00.0" W | Fjord |
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Name ID: 124422
Place ID: 3733
Inlet 6 mi long in an E-W direction and 1.5 mi wide, lying directly E of Ridge Island and opening on Bourgeois Fjord, along the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill, and so named because of its shape. |
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| Pata de Perro, fiordo (ARG) | 67° 43' 00.0" S | 66° 50' 00.0" W | Fjord |
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| Pata de Perro, Seno (CHL) | 67° 43' 25.0" S | 66° 48' 00.0" W | Fjord |
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Name ID: 106060
Place ID: 3733
La Expedición Británica de John Rymill 1934-1937 le dio el nombre a causa de su forma. Se forma sobre la costa E del seno Bourgeois, frente al extremo E de la isla Ridge. Es angosto de 12 a 14 cables de ancho y se abre paso hacia el oriente entre elevadas montañas. |
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