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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| Ferrier Peninsula (RUS) | 60° 40' 00.0" S | 44° 26' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
| Name ID: 117968 Place ID: 4548 | |||
| Ferrier Peninsula (GBR) | 60° 43' 00.0" S | 44° 26' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 108785
Place ID: 4548
forming E extremity of Laurie Island and terminating in Cape Dundas, was roughly charted by Weddell in 1823; further charted by SNAE in 1903 and named after James G. Ferrier, Secretary of SNAE and for many years secretary to W. S. Bruce, Commander of the expedition (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322; BA, 1930, p.50; APC, 1955, p.10).Península Ferrier [incorrectly referring to the peninsula terminating in Cape Whitson, q.v.] (Argentina. IGM map 104, 1933; [correctly indicated] Argentina. MM, 1945, p.278). The peninsula was recharted by DI in 1933. Península Foster (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.190). |
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| Ferrier Peninsula (USA) | 60° 44' 00.0" S | 44° 26' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 125060
Place ID: 4548
Narrow peninsula, 1.5 mi long, forming the E end of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. Roughly charted in 1823 by a British sealing expedition under Weddell. Surveyed in 1903 by the ScotNAE under Bruce, who named it for his secretary J.G. Ferrier, also manager in Scotland of the expedition. |
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| Ferrier, península (ARG) | 60° 44' 00.0" S | 44° 26' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
| Name ID: 100881 Place ID: 4548 | |||
| Foster, península (ARG) | 60° 43' 00.0" S | 44° 26' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
| Name ID: 100925 Place ID: 4548 | |||
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