Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Forbes Point (GBR) | 64° 53' 00.0" S | 62° 32' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108866
Place ID: 4799
E entrance point of Lester Cove, Andvord Bay, Danco Coast, was roughly charted in 1913-14 by Ferguson, who applied the name Forbes Hill to a spur of the plateau escarpment S of the point, possibly after J.D. Forbes (Forbes Glacier, q.v.) (Ferguson, chart, 1918a; 1921, map p.46). Forbes-Berg (Kosack, 1955a, map p.220). Forbes Point, referring to the present feature following air photography by FIDASE, 1956-57 (APC, 1960, p.4; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). Cabo Vidal, so called by AAE after a deputy of the Argentine junta in 1813 (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter V). |
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| Forbes Point (USA) | 64° 53' 00.0" S | 62° 33' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 125259
Place ID: 4799
Point forming the E side of the entrance to Lester Cove, Andvord Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. The name Forbes Hill was given by Scottish geologist David Ferguson in 1913-14 to a corner or spur of the plateau escarpment which is not a definable feature. From it, however, a ridge runs down to a prominent point useful for reference purposes, to which the name Forbes has been applied. |
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| Forbes, punta (ARG) | 64° 53' 00.0" S | 62° 33' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 100916 Place ID: 4799 | |||
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