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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Hole Rock (GBR) | 61° 53' 25.5" S | 57° 41' 08.8" W | Rock |
Name ID: 109341
Place ID: 6502
awash N of North Foreland, King George Island, was charted by DI in 1937 and so named because a conspicuous hole extends through it (Hill and others, chart, 1937b; BA, 1942, p.40; APC, 1955, p.12; DOS 610 sheet W 62 56, 1968). Nole [sic] Rock (Hill, 1937). Roca Hole (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949). Roca Perforada [=perforated rock] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.199). Rocher Hole (France. SHM, 1954, p.45). Roca Ventana [=window rock] (Argentina. MM, 1957a, p.40; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.292). Roca de la Ventana (Argentina. MM chart 125, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.711). |
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Hole Rock (USA) | 61° 53' 00.0" S | 57° 44' 00.0" W | Rock |
Name ID: 126617
Place ID: 6502
The largest of several rocks lying close N of North Foreland, the NE cape of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted in 1937 by DI personnel on the extends through it. |
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Ventana del chileno, Roca (CHL) | 61° 52' 00.0" S | 57° 38' 00.0" W | Rock |
Name ID: 106431
Place ID: 6502
Su nombre es descriptivo y se debe al hecho de estar horadada. La más al S de un grupo de tres rocas que se encuentran ubicadas inmediatas al NW del cabo Promontorio Norte, extremo NE de la isla Rey Jorge de las islas Shetland del Sur. |
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Ventana, roca de la (ARG) | 61° 53' 00.0" S | 57° 44' 00.0" W | Rock |
Name ID: 102401 Place ID: 6502 |
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