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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| Hammer Hill (GBR) | 61° 04' 49.5" S | 55° 20' 43.8" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 109185
Place ID: 5934
rising to 500m in NW Elephant Island, was surveyed by JSEEIG in December 1970; called descriptively The Pap (Agnew in Burley, 1971, Annex J, p.3); named from its shape Hammer Hill (DOS 610 sheet W 61 54 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972; APC, 1974, p.4). Colina Martillo [translation of English name] (Argentina MM chart H-710, 1977). The Brazilian refuge "Engenheiro Wiltgen" was established near the hill in January 1985. |
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| Hammer Hill (USA) | 61° 04' 00.0" S | 55° 21' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 126142
Place ID: 5934
The most northerly hill on Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, situated just S of Cape Yelcho. So named by the U.K. joint Services Expedition, 1970-71, as being descriptive of the appearance of the feature. |
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| Martillo, colina (ARG) | 61° 04' 00.0" S | 55° 21' 00.0" W | Hill |
| Name ID: 101488 Place ID: 5934 | |||
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