Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Elephant Flats (GBR) | 60° 42' 15.0" S | 45° 36' 50.0" W | |
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Name ID: 108658
Place ID: 4162
forming W entrance point of Cemetery Bay, Signy Island, were surveyed by FIDS from Signy in 1947 and so named because elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) haul out on these flats (APC, 1955, p.9; [incorrectly shown as the shallows in Cemetery Bay] DOS 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973; [correctly named] BA, 1974, p.156; DOS 210 Signy Island sheet, 2-DOS 1975). |
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| Elephant Flats (USA) | 60° 42' 00.0" S | 45° 37' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 124753
Place ID: 4162
A mud flat along the shore between Cemetery Bay and Marble Knolls on the east side of Signy Island. Named by UK-APC after the elephant seals that frequent the flat. |
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