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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| Astro Cliffs (GBR) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 62° 25' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 107584
Place ID: 582
rising c. 60m above Larsen Ice Shelf at SE end of Churchill Peninsula, Oscar II Coast, were surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in September 1955; so named because the astronomical fix obtained near the summit of the cliffs was essential for the control of the survey traverse (APC, 1958, p.4; BA chart 3570, 29.ix.1961). Cabo Suecia [=cape Sweden], presumably in reference to SwAE (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1969). |
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| Astro Cliffs (USA) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 62° 26' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 121975
Place ID: 582
Rock cliffs 60 m high, situated at the SE extremity of Churchill Peninsula, 6 mi NE of Cape Alexander on the E coast of Graham Land. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1955, they mark the most southerly point of the survey. The UK-APC name arose from the astronomical fix obtained near the summit which was essential for the control of the survey traverse. |
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| Jorda Glacier (AUS) | 81° 18' 00.0" S | 159° 13' 59.9" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 582
Place ID: 7229
A glacier about 28 km long, flowing eastward from the slopes between Mount Coley and Pyramid Mountain to Nursery Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after Lt. Cdr. H.P. Jorda, USN, a pilot with VX-6 Squadron, who made several long-range exploratory flights during USN Operation Deepfreeze 1962. |
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