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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| Knife Point (RUS) | 60° 42' 00.0" S | 45° 36' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 118803 Place ID: 7656 | |||
| Knife Point (GBR) | 60° 42' 26.0" S | 45° 35' 56.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 109645
Place ID: 7656
W side of Factory Cove, Signy Island, following survey by DI in 1927 was so named, possibly after the usage of whalers (BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929; APC, 1955, p.13; DOS 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973). |
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| Knife Point (USA) | 60° 43' 00.0" S | 45° 37' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 127495
Place ID: 7656
Point along the S side of Borge Bay, 0.1 mi SE of Mooring Point, on the E side of Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. The name appears on a chart based on a 1927 survey of Borge Bay by DI personnel on the Discovery, but may reflect an earlier naming. |
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