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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| Avicenna Bay (GBR) | 64° 26' 00.0" S | 62° 21' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 107611
Place ID: 700
SE coast of Brabant Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57; named after Avicenna (Abu Ali al Hussein abu Abdullah ibn Sina) (980-1037), greatest of the Arabian school of physicians, in association with the names of other physicians grouped in this area (APC, 1960, p.2; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). Avicenza [sic] Bay (USOO chart 6944, 1963). Bahía Avicena [sic] (Argentina. AA, 1991 p.4) |
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| Avicenna Bay (USA) | 64° 26' 00.0" S | 62° 23' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 122058
Place ID: 700
Small bay lying 1.5 mi SW of D'Ursel Point along the E side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Roughly charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for Avicenna (Abu Ali al Hussein abu Abdullah ibn Sina), 980-1037, greatest of the Arabian school of physicians. |
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| Avicenna, bahía (ARG) | 64° 26' 00.0" S | 62° 21' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 100159 Place ID: 700 | |||
| Geoffrey Hills (AUS) | 67° 36' 00.0" S | 48° 37' 00.1" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 700
Place ID: 5231
A group of hills on the eastern side of the Thyer Glacier, Enderby Land. Plotted from photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after Geoffrey D.P. Smith, carpenter at Mawson in 1961. |
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