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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Filer Haven (GBR) | 60° 43' 42.0" S | 45° 35' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 108799
Place ID: 4590
between Pageant Point and Gourlay Point, Signy Island, following biological work by BAS up to 1973 was named after Roger Filer (1937-61), BAS meteorological observer, Signy, 1960-61, who fell to his death from the cliffs above the haven, 13 February 1961 (APC, 1975, p.3; DOS 210 Signy Island sheet, 2-DOS 1975). |
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| Filer Haven (USA) | 60° 44' 00.0" S | 45° 35' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 125088
Place ID: 4590
A small cove between Pantomime Point and Pageant Point on the east side of Gourlay Peninsula, Signy Island. Named by UK-APC after John Filer, BAS biologist who fell to his death from the cliffs here in 1961. |
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