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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| Giró Nunatak (GBR) | 82° 13' 00.0" S | 42° 02' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 109034
Place ID: 5348
rising to 380m on SW side of Panzarini Hills, Argentina Range, Pensacola Mountains, was surveyed from the ground on USGS Pensacola Mountains Project, 1965-66, and photographed from the air by USN in 1967; named after Capt. G.A. Giró, Argentine Army Officer-in-charge, "General Belgrano Station", winter 1965, and a member of the traverse party to the South Pole, 1965-66 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/11, 1968; APC, 1974, p.4). Nunatak Paraná, so called by AAE after the capital of the Argentine province of Entre Ríos (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter P). |
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| Giró Nunatak (USA) | 82° 13' 00.0" S | 42° 02' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 125703
Place ID: 5348
A nunatak 4 mi NW of Vaca Nunatak in the Panzarini Hills portion of the Argentina Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-67. Named by US-ACAN for Capt. G.A. Giro, Argentine officer in charge of General Belgrano Station, winter 1965. |
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| Paraná, nunatak (ARG) | 82° 13' 00.0" S | 41° 50' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
| Name ID: 101782 Place ID: 5348 | |||
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