Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Hill Bay (GBR) | 64° 10' 00.0" S | 62° 09' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 109312
Place ID: 6382
between Spallanzani Point and Mitchell Point, E Brabant Island, was roughly surveyed by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from John Biscoe, 1951-52, and further surveyed by FIDS from Norsel in April 1955; named after Lieut. Cdr Leonard Charles Hill, RNR (b. 1908), who served with DI as a ship's officer in William Scoresby, 1931, and in Discovery II, 1931-33, 1933-35, (in command) 1935-37 and 1937-39 (APC, 1958, p.5; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961); photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. |
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| Hill Bay (USA) | 64° 11' 00.0" S | 62° 08' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 126527
Place ID: 6382
A bay, 5 mi long and 2 mi wide, which indents eastern Anvers Island between Spallanzani Point and Mitchell Point. The bay was roughly surveyed by the Admiralty Hydrographic Unit, 1951-52. Named by UK-APC for Leonard C. Hill of the Discovery Investigations, who served as an officer on RRS William Scoresby in Jan.-Feb. 1931, and on every Antarctic commission of RRS Discovery II between 1931-39. |
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| Hill, bahÃa (ARG) | 64° 10' 00.0" S | 62° 09' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 101150 Place ID: 6382 | |||
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