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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| Explora Escarpment (USA) | 70° 33' 00.0" S | 15° 00' 00.0" W | Escarpment |
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Name ID: 124948
Place ID: 4411
An undersea escarpment named for the Antarctic science ship F.S. Explora. Name proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 6/97 (ACUF 271). |
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| Explora Escarpment (GEBCO) | 70° 03' 00.0" S | 15° 00' 00.0" W | Escarpment |
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Name ID: 136500
Place ID: 4411
Proposer: Dr. H. Hinze, AWI, Germany, Jan. 1997. Discoverer: German R/V "Explora". Accredited by: SCUFN (Jun. 1997). Named after the German R/V "Explora" which carried out geophysical research work (1977-1980) which revealed this escarpment structure. Least depth: 3,605 m. Latitude 71°18'S - 69°48'S longitude 19°00'W -11°00'W. |
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