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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| Kerr Point (GBR) | 64° 42' 00.0" S | 62° 39' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 109606
Place ID: 7473
on E coast of Rongé Island and W side of Errera Channel, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Danco Island", 1956-57; named after Adam John Kerr (b.1933), Second Officer in Shackleton, who sounded Errera Channel in 1956-57; sometime Dominion Hydrographer, Canada; a member of Directing Committee, IHB, from 1987 (APC, 1960, p.5; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Kerr Point (USA) | 64° 42' 00.0" S | 62° 38' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 127354
Place ID: 7473
Point 2 mi SE of Georges Point, on the E side of Ronge Island, off the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Adam J. Kerr, Second Officer of RRS Shackleton, who sounded the adjacent Errera Channel in 1956-57. |
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| Kerr, punta (ARG) | 64° 42' 00.0" S | 62° 39' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 101275 Place ID: 7473 | |||
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