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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| Langmuir Cove (GBR) | 66° 58' 00.0" S | 67° 10' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 109729
Place ID: 8103
between Thorne Point and Shmidt Point, Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Detaille Island", 1956-59; in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after Irving Langmuir (1881-1957), American chemist who also studied the formation of snow; Nobel Laureate in chemistry, 1932 (APC, 1960, p.5; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961). |
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| Langmuir Cove (USA) | 66° 58' 00.0" S | 67° 10' 00.0" W | Cove |
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Name ID: 127784
Place ID: 8103
A cove in the N end of Arrowsmith Peninsula, Graham Land. Named by UK-APC for Irving Langmuir (1881-1957), American physicist who studied the formation of snow. |
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| Langmuir, caleta (ARG) | 66° 58' 00.0" S | 67° 09' 00.0" W | Cove |
| Name ID: 101321 Place ID: 8103 | |||
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