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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| Fauré Inlet (GBR) | 72° 37' 00.0" S | 70° 48' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 108767
Place ID: 4485
off George VI Ice Shelf on S side of Monteverdi Peninsula, S Alexander Island, was mapped by BAS from USLANDSAT imagery of January 1973; in association with the names of composers in this area, named after Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), French composer (APC, 1980, p.3; BA chart 3175, 7.xii.1984). |
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| Fauré Inlet (USA) | 72° 37' 00.0" S | 70° 48' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 125011
Place ID: 4485
Ice-filled inlet on the S side of Monteverdi Peninsula, S Alexander Island. Discovered and first charted by Finn Ronne and Carl Eklund of the USAS, 1939-41. Named by the UK-APC, 1977, in association with the names of composers grouped in this area, after Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), French composer. |
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