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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| Buen Tiempo, cabo (ARG) | 65° 00' 00.0" S | 61° 01' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 100369 Place ID: 4433 | |||
| Cape Fairweather (GBR) | 65° 02' 00.0" S | 61° 04' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 108747
Place ID: 4433
dividing Nordenskjöld Coast from Oscar II Coast, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in November 1947 and named after Capt. Alexander Fairweather, Master of Balµna, one of the barques of DWE (Balµna Valley, q.v.) (BA chart 3570, 27.vi.1952; APC, 1955, p.9; BA chart 3570, 27.ix.1957). Cabo Fairweather (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.324; Pierrou, 1970, p.356; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.121). Cabo Sinclair (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1954). Cap Fairweather (France. SHM, 1954, p.412). The cape was further surveyed by FIDS in 1955. Cabo Buen Tiempo [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM chart 129, 1957). Buen Tiempo (Merritt, 1959, p.436). Mys Ferveter (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Mys Ferueter (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). |
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| Cape Fairweather (USA) | 65° 00' 00.0" S | 61° 01' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 124968
Place ID: 4433
Cape 705 m high, which is ice covered except for rocky exposures along its SE and E sides, lying midway between Drygalski Glacier and Evans Glacier on the E coast of Graham Land. Charted in 1947 by the FIDS, who named it for Alexander Fairweather, captain of the Dundee whaler Balaena which operated along the NE coast of Antarctic Peninsula in 1892-93. |
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| Fairweather, cabo (ARG) | 65° 01' 00.0" S | 61° 05' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 100851 Place ID: 4433 | |||
| Fairweather, Cabo (CHL) | 65° 00' 00.0" S | 61° 05' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 105529
Place ID: 4433
Cartografiado en 1947 por el FIDS que le puso este nombre por Alexander Fairweather, capitán de la ballenera "Balaena" de la Compañía Dundee que operaba en la costa NE de la península Tierra de O'Higgins en 1892-1893. Cabo de 707 metros de altura, que se encuentra cubierto de hielo excepto su lado E en que se encuentra roca en la superficie, situado a igual distancia del glaciar Drygalski y la ensenada Evans, en la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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