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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| Archibald Point (RUS) | 63° 12' 00.0" S | 56° 40' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 116851 Place ID: 465 | |||
| Archibald Point (GBR) | 63° 13' 00.0" S | 56° 41' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 107546
Place ID: 465
SW point of Bransfield Island, Trinity Peninsula, following surveys by FIDS from Hope Bay , 1958-61, was named after George Kenneth Archibald (b. 1933), First Officer in RRS Shackleton in this period (APC, 1964, p.2; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1973). Punta Archibald (Argentina. AA, 1991 p.3) |
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| Archibald Point (USA) | 63° 12' 00.0" S | 56° 40' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 121884
Place ID: 465
An exposed rocky point on the SW side of Bransfield Island in Antarctic Sound. Named by UK-APC (1963) for George K. Archibald, first officer of RRS Shackleton, one of the BAS ships. |
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| Archibald, punta (ARG) | 63° 13' 00.0" S | 56° 41' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 100111
Place ID: 465
Punta rocosa al SW de isla Bransfield, estrecho Antarctic, península Trinidad. Fue relevada por el FIDS en 1958-61 y nominada en recuerdo de George Kenneth Archibald, primer oficial del buque "SHACKLETON" del BAS. SHN carta H-713. |
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| Browns Glacier (AUS) | 68° 55' 53.0" S | 77° 58' 45.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 465
Place ID: 1927
A glacier on the Ingrid Christensen Coast flowing into Ranvik Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE. Named after Lieut. E. P Brown, USN, photographic officer with Operation Highjump. |
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