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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Dykeman Point (GBR) | 71° 33' 00.0" S | 75° 08' 00.0" W | Point |
Name ID: 108604
Place ID: 4003
NW point of Pesce Peninsula, between Rameau Inlet and Verdi Inlet, Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Mapped by USGS from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1967-68 and from Landsat imagery taken 1972-73. Named for Cdr. Paul R. Dykeman, USN, Commanding Officer, Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6), from 1981 - 1982 (APC, 1991). |
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Dykeman Point (USA) | 71° 33' 00.0" S | 75° 08' 00.0" W | Point |
Name ID: 124619
Place ID: 4003
Snow-covered point between Rameau Inlet and Verdi Inlet, marking the NW extremity of Pesce Peninsula, Alexander Island. Mapped by USGS from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1967-68 and from Landsat imagery taken 1972-73. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Paul R. Dykeman, USN, Commanding Officer, Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6), from May 1981 to May 1982. |
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