Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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Balkan Snowfield (BGR) | 62° 38' 36.0" S | 60° 19' 18.0" W | Snowfield |
Name ID: 105004
Place ID: 835
Ice-covered plateau bounded to the SW by Contell Glacier, to the SE and E by Castillo Nunatak (437m) and Burdick Ridge, and to the N by Perunika Glacier, Livingston Island. Long 3km in SW-NE direction, 2km wide, gently sloping NW toward the hills along Bulgarian Beach. Elevation from 150 to 280m. Spanish mapping of the area in 1991. A name of world culture and geography. |
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Balkan Snowfield (GBR) | 62° 38' 35.7" S | 60° 20' 57.1" W | Snowfield |
Name ID: 107650
Place ID: 835
Ice-covered plateau, 50-280 m.a.s.l., 3km long from SW to NE and 2km wide, E Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Bounded on SW by Krum Rock and Contell Glacier, to the SE and E by the foothills of Nunatak del Castillo and Burdick Ridge, and to the N by lower Perunika Glacier; called Balkan Airfield (BGR text 1994). Balkan Snowfield (GBR text 1997). |
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Balkan Snowfield (USA) | 62° 38' 00.0" S | 60° 18' 00.0" W | Snowfield |
Name ID: 122150
Place ID: 835
An ice-covered plateau of elevation from 150 to 280 m in eastern Livingston Island, 3,000 m long in SW-NE direction and 2,000 m wide. Bounded to the SW by Velchev Rock and upper Contell Glacier, to the SE and E by the foots of Castillo Nunatak and Burdick Ridge and to the N by the lower course of Perunika Glacier. Sloping gently northwestward, its foot bounded by the hills along Bulgarian Beach. |
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Daniel Island (AUS) | 66° 14' 00.0" S | 110° 35' 39.8" E | Island |
Name ID: 835
Place ID: 3313
A small island off the southern end of Honkala Island in the Swain Group, Windmill Islands. The region was photographed by U S N Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1956) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). It was included in a survey of the islands north of Wilkes carried out by C R Eklund, scientific leader at Wilkes in 1958. Named by USACAN. |
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