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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| Ahern Glacier (AUS) | 81° 46' 59.9" S | 159° 10' 00.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 573
Place ID: 123
A glacier flowing eastwards from the vicinity of Mount Massam to the Starshot Glacier. Discovered by the N.Z. Geological Expedition (1964-65). |
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| Asses Ears (GBR) | 62° 18' 51.6" S | 59° 45' 20.9" W | |
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Name ID: 107580
Place ID: 573
three small islands off NW Robert Island, forming part of Potmess Rocks (q.v.) and probably known to the early sealers, were charted and named descriptively by DI in 1934-35 (Nelson and others, chart, 1935b; APC, 1960, p.2; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962). The Asses(') Ears (Nelson, 1935; BA, 1942, p.42; BA chart 1774, 9.vii.1948; APC, 1955, p.4). Islas Asses Ears (Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948). Roca Orejas de Burro [translation of English name] (Chile. IGM, 1948a, p.99). Islas Orejas de Burro (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.211; Pierrou, 1970, p.567; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.216). Orejas de Burro (Argentina. MM, 1958b, p.75). Isla Orejas de Burro, as rejected form (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.216). |
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| Asses Ears (USA) | 62° 19' 00.0" S | 59° 45' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 121966
Place ID: 573
Three small islands off NW Robert Island, forming the N part of Potmess Rocks (q.v.) in English Strait, South Shetland Islands. Presumably known to early sealers, the feature was charted and named descriptively by personnel on Discovery II in 1934-35. |
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| Orejas de Burro, islas (ARG) | 62° 19' 00.0" S | 59° 45' 00.0" W | |
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| Orejas De Burro, Islas (CHL) | 62° 19' 00.0" S | 59° 45' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 106037
Place ID: 573
Su nombre fue dado en 1935 por personal del Discovery II, sugerido por la forma de la isla de más al N que presenta dos picachos agudos de piedra. Se presumía que su existencia era conocida por los primeros cazadores de focas en esta zona. Grupo de islas pequeñas, de regular altura y relieve abrupto, situadas dos millas al SE de isla Flat y a 3,4 millas al NNW de cabo Morris en la isla Robert, islas Shetland del Sur. |
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