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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| Europa Cliffs (GBR) | 70° 52' 00.0" S | 68° 47' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 108727
Place ID: 4370
rising to c. 1000m on W side of Jupiter Glacier, N Alexander Island, following surveys by BAS, 1961-73, was named in association with the glacier after Callisto, one of the satellites of the planet Jupiter (APC, 1975, p.3; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/10, 2-DOS 1984). |
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| Europa Cliffs (USA) | 70° 52' 00.0" S | 68° 45' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 124910
Place ID: 4370
A group of interconnected hills and rock ridges on the west side of Jupiter Glacier in eastern Alexander Island. Mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by RARE, 1947-48, and from survey by FIDS, 1948-50. Named by UK-APC from association with Jupiter Glacier after Europa, one of the satellites of Jupiter. |
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