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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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| Cuadrado Negro, morro (ARG) | 62° 40' 00.0" S | 60° 58' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 100593 Place ID: 4165 | |||
| Elephant Point (RUS) | 62° 42' 00.0" S | 60° 52' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 117866 Place ID: 4165 | |||
| Elephant Point (GBR) | 62° 41' 32.7" S | 60° 51' 26.4" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108660
Place ID: 4165
SW coast of Livingston Island, was charted by Fildes in 1820-21 and named after the elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) (Fildes, 1821b, chart [3]; 1827, p.459; [incorrectly applied to Miers Bluff (q.v.)] BA, 1930, p.66; APC, 1955, p.9; [correctly applied] APC, 1959a, p.6; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962). The point was recharted by DI in 1933 and the name Square Black Hill (BA chart 3205, 28.vii.1933) or Black Square Hill (DI chart, [1935a]) was applied descriptively to a rock on the point. Viereckigers Hügel [=square hill] (Germany. OK chart 1057, 1941). Cerro Negro Cuadrado [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH chart L, 1947; IHA, 1974, p.209). Morro Square Black (Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948). Morro Negro Cuadrado (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.218). The point was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Morro Cuadrado Negro (Argentina. MM chart 127, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.276). |
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| Elephant Point (USA) | 62° 41' 00.0" S | 60° 52' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 124756
Place ID: 4165
Mainly ice-free promontory on which there is a square black rock, forming the southernmost point of the W half of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. First charted and named by Robert Fildes in 1820-22. The name was incorrectly placed on the point between South and False Bays (now Miers Bluff) for many years. |
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| Negro Cuadrado, Cerro (CHL) | 62° 41' 00.0" S | 60° 50' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 105991
Place ID: 4165
Topónimo descriptivo que aparece por primera vez en las cartas chilenas de 1947, denominado probablemente por la Primera Expedición Chilena. Cerro situado en el sector SW de la isla Livingston. El cerro es de altura moderada y se encuentra completamente cubierto por una capa de hielo. |
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