Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Henry Bluff (GBR) | 62° 40' 30.6" S | 60° 24' 52.1" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 109274
Place ID: 6265
rising to 120m, 3km SW of Johnsons Dock, Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Named after the schooner Henry (Capt. Benjamin J. Brunow, Brunow Bay, q.v.), one of James Byers' fleet of sealing ships from New York, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21. Called "Sole-mark Point" by Dalziel (1972,map Fig. 3, p.50). |
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| Henry Bluff (USA) | 62° 41' 00.0" S | 60° 25' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 126437
Place ID: 6265
A bluff rising to c. 120 m on the W side of Hurd Peninsula, 1.5 mi SW of Johnsons Dock, on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Named in 1990 by the UK-APC after the schooner York, which worked in the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21. |
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