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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| Edisto Inlet (NZL) | 72° 20' 00.0" S | 170° 05' 00.0" E | Inlet |
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Name ID: 113220
Place ID: 4078
An arm of Moubray Bay enclosed between Cape Hallett and Cape Christie. Named by the NZ Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1957-57, dfor the USS Edisto, the first ship to enter this branch of Moubray Bay. |
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| Edisto Inlet (USA) | 72° 20' 00.0" S | 170° 05' 00.0" E | Inlet |
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Name ID: 124682
Place ID: 4078
Rectangular arm of Moubray Bay, 7 mi long and 3 mi wide, entered between Cape Hallett and Cape Christie. The USS this branch of Moubray Bay in February 1956, and the name Edisto Bay was given at that time. Edisto Inlet has overtaken the earlier name in usage. |
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