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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| Iquique Cove (GBR) | 62° 28' 58.2" S | 59° 39' 37.6" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 109473
Place ID: 6927
E side of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island, between Guesalaga Peninsula (q.v.) and González Island, was charted by CAE in 1947, and named Caletón Iquique after the Chilean naval frigate Iquique, which in that season landed the first occupation party for the Chilean station "Arturo Prat" on the cove (Chile. DNH chart 500, 1951; IHA, 1974, p.160); recharted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Protector in 1964. Iquique Cove (BA, 1965, p.30; chart 1774, 19.vii.1968; APC, 1974, p.4). |
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| Iquique Cove (USA) | 62° 29' 00.0" S | 59° 40' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 126960
Place ID: 6927
A small cove in the E side of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. The cove is immediately adjacent to the Arturo Prat Station on Guesalaga Peninsula. Named by Chile after the naval frigate Iquique which landed the first occupation party here in 1947. |
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| Iquique, Surgidero (CHL) | 62° 29' 00.0" S | 59° 39' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 105728
Place ID: 6927
Denominado así durante la primera Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1947, al mando del comodoro capitán de navío Federico Guesalaga Toro. Se forma sobre la costa W de puerto Foster, al S de punta Wensley; amplia ensenada que mide 16 cables de ancho en su boca por 9 de saco, de gran profundidad y fondo parejo. Las costas occidentales y S del surgidero están formadas por una extensa playa, de arena gruesa de origen volcánico. |
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