Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Flagpole Point (GBR) | 68° 11' 00.0" S | 67° 01' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108825
Place ID: 4668
W side of Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by USAS in 1940-41, when a flagpole was erected nearby at an elevation of 14m (Dyer, map, c. 1941); resurveyed and named by FIDS, 1946-47 (APC, 1955, p.10; BA, 1974, p.207). |
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| Flagpole Point (USA) | 68° 11' 00.0" S | 67° 01' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 125154
Place ID: 4668
Point 0.2 mi NW of Fishtrap Cove, forming the S part of the W extremity of Stonington Island, close off the W coast of Graham Land. First surveyed by the USAS, 1939-41, whose East Base was located on this island. Resurveyed in 1946-47 by the FIDS, and so named by them because of the flag pole which was erected by the USAS on a rocky knoll close NE of this point. |
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