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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| Drying Point (GBR) | 60° 42' 18.0" S | 45° 36' 12.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108572
Place ID: 3906
E entrance point of Cemetery Bay, off Borge Bay, Signy Island, was charted by DI in 1927 and so named, possibly after the usage of whalers and in reference to shallows off the point drying out at low tide (BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929; APC, 1955, p.9; DOS 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973). |
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| Drying Point (USA) | 60° 43' 00.0" S | 45° 37' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 124542
Place ID: 3906
Point on the SW side of Borge Bay, lying 0.2 mi NW of Mooring Point on the E side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The name appears on a chart based upon a 1927 survey of Borge Bay by DI personnel on the Discovery. |
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| Drying, punta (ARG) | 60° 43' 00.0" S | 45° 37' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 100738 Place ID: 3906 | |||
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