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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| Foyn Coast (RUS) | 66° 30' 00.0" S | 64° 30' 00.0" W | Coast |
| Name ID: 118061 Place ID: 4886 | |||
| Foyn Coast (GBR) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 64° 20' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 108897
Place ID: 4886
Cape Alexander to Cape Northrop. |
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| Foyn Coast (USA) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 64° 20' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 125336
Place ID: 4886
That portion of the E coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Alexander and Cape Northrop. Discovered in 1893 by a Norwegian expedition under Capt. C.A. Larsen, who named it for Svend Foyn, Norwegian whaler of Tonsberg whose invention of the grenade harpoon greatly facilitated modern whaling. |
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| Foyn, costa (ARG) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 64° 20' 00.0" W | Coast |
| Name ID: 100930 Place ID: 4886 | |||
| Foyn, Costa (CHL) | 67° 00' 00.0" S | 64° 00' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 105569
Place ID: 4886
Fue descubierta en 1893 por una Expedición Antártica Noruega al mando CA. Larsen, quien le dio el nombre por "Swend Foyn", ballenero noruego de Tonsberg, cuya invención del arpón granada facilitó grandemente la moderna industria ballenera. Es una extensión de la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins, situada entre los cabos Alexander y Northrop. |
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