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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| Cape James (RUS) | 63° 12' 00.0" S | 62° 45' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 118620 Place ID: 7054 | |||
| Cape James (GBR) | 63° 05' 25.1" S | 62° 41' 52.5" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 109504
Place ID: 7054
SW point of Smith Island, was roughly charted by Weddell in 1820, when a landing was made in the vicinity of the cape; further charted by Foster in 1829 and named after James Weddell (Weddell Sea, q.v.) (Foster, [1829]; Foster and Kendall, chart, 1829a; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 3205, 2.ix.1938; APC, 1955, p.12; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962). Cap James (Gerlache, 1902b, p.140). Cabo James (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.445; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.163). Kapp James (HA chart, 1928). The cape was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Capo James (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 9). Mys Dzhems (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Cape James (USA) | 63° 06' 00.0" S | 62° 45' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 127040
Place ID: 7054
Cape which forms the S tip of Smith Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears on a chart based upon a British expedition 1828-31, under Foster, and is now well established in international usage. |
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| James, cabo (ARG) | 63° 06' 00.0" S | 62° 44' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 101225 Place ID: 7054 | |||
| James, Cabo (CHL) | 63° 07' 00.0" S | 62° 41' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 105737
Place ID: 7054
El nombre apareció en una carta que se basaba en un levantamiento realizado entre los años 1828-1831 por la Expedición Inglesa, al mando del capitán Henry Foster, ahora su empleo está establecido internacionalmente. Forma la extremidad S de isla Smith, en las islas Shetland del Sur. Es de color oscuro, bien notable, de unos 100 metros de altura, a su pie hay una roca de unos 50 metros de altura semejante a un escalón. |
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