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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| Express Cove (GBR) | 60° 41' 25.0" S | 45° 38' 40.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 108740
Place ID: 4417
NW coast of Signy Island, was roughly charted by DI in 1933 and surveyed by FIDS in 1947; named after the American schooner Express (Capt. Thomas B. Lynch, Lynch Island, q.v.) which visited the South Orkney Islands in 1880 (APC, 1955, p.9; Matthews and Maling, 1967, end map; DOS 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973). |
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| Express Cove (USA) | 60° 42' 00.0" S | 45° 39' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 124953
Place ID: 4417
Small cove N of Foca Point on the W coast of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. It has a very indented shoreline with numerous offshore islands and rocks. It was roughly charted in 1933 by DI personnel, and surveyed in 1947 by the FIDS. Named by the UK-APC for the American schooner Express, Thomas B. Lynch commanding, which visited the South Orkney Islands in 1880. |
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