Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Lapidary Point (GBR) | 62° 11' 47.8" S | 58° 56' 00.9" W | Point |
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Name ID: 109733
Place ID: 8125
W entrance point of Rocky Cove, Maxwell Bay, King George Island, following surveys by SAE from "Bellingshausen Station" from 1968, was named Mys Kamennyy [= rocky cape] (Grikurov and Polyakov, 1968, map p.18) or Cape Kamennyy (Grikurov and Polyakov, 1971, map p.190). Lapidary Point (APC, 1980, p.4). Mys Kamennyj, Stony Point (Birkenmajer, 1982c, p.186). Pontal Das Pedras (Brazil. Península Fildes map, 1984 ). |
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| Lapidary Point (USA) | 62° 12' 00.0" S | 58° 56' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 127800
Place ID: 8125
The SW entrance point to Rocky Cove, Maxwell Bay, King George Island. Named "Mys Kamennyy" (rocky cape) by G.E. Grikurov and M.M. Polyakov, 1968, following SovAE surveys in the area. Translated as Lapidary Point by UK-APC in 1978. |
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