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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| Kemp Coast (RUS) | 67° 30' 00.0" S | 58° 00' 00.0" E | Coast |
| Name ID: 118738 Place ID: 7441 | |||
| Kemp Coast (USA) | 67° 15' 00.0" S | 58° 00' 00.0" E | Coast |
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Name ID: 127319
Place ID: 7441
That portion of the coast of Antarctica that lies between the head of Edward VIII Bay, in 56°25'E, and William Scoresby Bay, in 59°34'E. Named for a British sealing captain, Peter Kemp, who discovered land in this vicinity in 1833. |
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