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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| Garnerin Point (GBR) | 64° 41' 00.0" S | 62° 09' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 108972
Place ID: 5137
SW entrance point of Plata Passage, Wilhelmina Bay, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Danco Island", 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after André Jacques Garnerin (1769-1823), French physicist and aeronaut, the first man to make a successful descent from a free balloon by parachute, 22 October 1797 (APC, 1960, p.4; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). Garnèrin [sic] Point (USOO chart 6945, 1963). |
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| Garnerin Point (USA) | 64° 41' 00.0" S | 62° 10' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 125545
Place ID: 5137
Point on the W coast of Graham Land projecting into Wilhelmina Bay SE of Pelseneer island. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Andre J. Garnerin (1770-1825), French aeronaut, the first man to make a successful descent from a free balloon by parachute, in 1797. |
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| Garnerin, punta (ARG) | 64° 41' 00.0" S | 62° 09' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 100977 Place ID: 5137 | |||
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