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
Esperanza /Arg./ (RUS) 63° 24' 00.0" S 56° 59' 00.0" W Station
Name ID: 117915 Place ID: 4341

Esperanza Station (USA) 63° 23' 41.0" S 56° 59' 46.0" W Station
Name ID: 136001 Place ID: 4341

A year-round station operated by Argentina opened in 1952 - Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), May 18, 2006.

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