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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| Gravenoire Rock (RUS) | 66° 21' 00.0" S | 136° 43' 00.0" E | Rock |
| Name ID: 118276 Place ID: 5615 | |||
| Gravenoire Rock (USA) | 66° 21' 00.0" S | 136° 43' 00.0" E | Rock |
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Name ID: 125890
Place ID: 5615
Small rock outcrop about 1 mi SE of Rock X, protruding above the coastal ice at the E side of Victor Bay. Photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Charted by the FrAE, 1952-53, and so named by them because of its resemblance to Gravenoire, the name of a puy or dome-shaped hill overlooking the city of Clermont-Ferrand, which lies in the chain of extinct volcanoes forming the Monts d'Auvergne of central France. |
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| Gravenoire, Rocher (FRA) | 66° 21' 30.0" S | 136° 42' 45.0" E | Rock |
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Name ID: 107311
Place ID: 5615
Affleurement rocheux en bordure du continent, au sud-est du rocher X, situé à l'est de la langue glaciaire sur le glacier du Commandant-Charcot ; nom donné en souvenir d'un puy d'Auvergne dominant la ville de Clermont-Ferrand, d'où le chef d'expédition était originaire. Nommé auparavant Rocher de Gravenoire. |
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