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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| Horrocks Block (GBR) | 71° 35' 00.0" S | 68° 22' 00.0" W | Massif |
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Name ID: 109381
Place ID: 6616
rising to c. 750m between Mercury Glacier and Venus Glacier, Alexander Island, following surveys by BAS from "Fossil Bluff", 1961-73, was so named in association with Venus Glacier after Jeremiah Horrocks (?1617-41), British astronomer who predicted and first observed a transit of Venus in 1639 (APC, 1975, p.4; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/14, 2-DOS 1984). |
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| Horrocks Block (USA) | 71° 35' 00.0" S | 68° 22' 00.0" W | Massif |
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Name ID: 126712
Place ID: 6616
A large rectangular outcrop of mainly sandstone, lying on the N side of Venus Glacier, 2 mi SW of Keystone Cliffs, on the E side of Alexander Island. Mapped by Directorate of Overseas Surveys from satellite imagery supplied by U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration in cooperation with U.S. Geological Survey. Named by UK-APC from association with Venus Glacier after Jeremiah Horrocks, the British astronomer who predicted and first observed a transit of Venus, in 1639. |
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