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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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| Alta, punta (ARG) | 62° 33' 00.0" S | 60° 03' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 100062
Place ID: 4074
Al NW de bahía Luna, isla Livingston, islas Shetland del Sur. Fue cartografiada por el EBCD en 1933 y nominada teniendo en cuenta su forma física. El nombre aparece en nuestro historial en el informe del ARA"BAHIA AGUIRRE" durante la campaña 1953/54. La traducción fue aprobada por la C.C.G. en 1956 y publicado en TSAA1. SHN carta 138, H-711. |
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| Alta, Punta (CHL) | 62° 33' 00.0" S | 60° 00' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 105095
Place ID: 4074
Su nombre original, punta High, probablemente fue puesto en 1935 por la Investigación Discovery, dirigida por el Dr. N.A. Mackintosh, en la nave "Discovery II". Su nombre actual es una traducción al castellano con el objeto de aprovechar su característica descriptiva. Punta notable de unos 120 metros de elevación, que limita por el N a la bahía Luna, en la costa oriental de la isla Livingston, islas Shetland del Sur. |
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| Edinburgh Hill (GBR) | 62° 32' 30.3" S | 60° 01' 08.1" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 108633
Place ID: 4074
rising to c. 120m and forming N entrance point of Moon Bay, Livingston Island, was photographed by Ferguson in 1913-14, and named after Edinburgh, Scotland (Ferguson, 1921, p.44 and Fig. 1 following p.55; [described as standing on a small island in McFarlane Strait] Tyrrell, 1921, p.66; [described as lying in the cove to N] USHO, 1943, p.98); charted by DI in 1935 and renamed descriptively High Point (Nelson and others, chart, 1935b; BA, 1942, p.42; chart 1774, 9.vii.1948; APC, 1955, p.12). Cerro Edimburgo ([incorrectly referring to Inott Point (q.v.)] Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948; [correctly indicated] Argentina. MM, 1953, p.222; Pierrou, 1970, p.335). Punta High (Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948). Colina Edimburgo, roughly placed to N of present feature (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949). Punta Alta [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.198b; Pierrou, 1970, p.161; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.112). Punta Edimburgo (Cordini, 1955, p.162). Following air photography by FIDASE, 1956-57, the original name Edinburgh Hill was re-applied (APC, 1959a, p.6; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962). Morro de Edimburgo (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.107). Morro Edimburgo (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.107; IHA, 1974, p.112). |
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| Edinburgh Hill (USA) | 62° 33' 00.0" S | 60° 01' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 124678
Place ID: 4074
Conspicuous volcanic knob forming the N side of the entrance to Moon Bay in the E part of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Photographed and named by Scottish geologist David Ferguson in 1913-14. The feature was renamed High Point in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II but the original name has been approved. |
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