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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| Arctowski Cove (POL) | 62° 09' 00.0" S | 58° 29' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 116379
Place ID: 468
Cove between Point Thomas and Shag Point at Arktowski Station. Named in honour of Professor Henryk Arctowski (1871-1958), the pioneer of geological research in Antarctica, Polish member and scientific leader of the Belgica Antarctic Expedition (1897/99) under A. de Gerlache de Gomery. |
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| Arctowski Cove (GBR) | 62° 09' 26.0" S | 58° 28' 16.3" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 107548
Place ID: 468
SE of Point Thomas (q.v.), Admiralty Bay, King George Island, was named by PAE after H. Arctowski (Arctowski Nunatak, q.v.) and in association with the nearby Polish station Arctowski (Birkenmajer, 1979b, map Fig. 3, p.3; APC, 1986, p.3). Zatoka Arctowskiego (Birkenmajer, 1980b, p.67). |
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| Arctowski Cove (USA) | 62° 09' 00.0" S | 58° 29' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 121886
Place ID: 468
Small cove at the SE side of Point Thomas in Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Named by a Polish Antarctic Expedition (1977-79) after Henryk Arctowski, Polish meteorologist with the BelgAE, 1897-99, and in association with the Henryk Arctowski research station on Point Thomas. |
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| Chaos Glacier (AUS) | 68° 59' 45.0" S | 77° 59' 38.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 468
Place ID: 2512
A glacier flowing into Ranvik Bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Photographed by USN Operation Highjump and ANARE. Named by Dr J H Roscoe, after his 1952 study of Op Highjump air photos, due to the disturbed nature of the glacier. Dr Roscoe was photogrammetrist with USN Op Highjump (1946-47) and USN Op Windmill (1947-48). |
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