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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| Les Dents (USA) | 68° 57' 00.0" S | 70° 58' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 127959
Place ID: 8357
Conspicuous landmark consisting of four toothlike peaks, uniform in height and rising to c. 1,500 m between Mount Bayonne and Mount Paris, in the N part of Alexander Island. First roughly mapped and named "Les Dents" (the teeth) by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot. Further mapped from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. |
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| Los Dientes, agujas (ARG) | 68° 55' 00.0" S | 70° 25' 00.0" W | Peak |
| Name ID: 101419 Place ID: 8357 | |||
| Los Dientes, Agujas (CHL) | 68° 57' 00.0" S | 70° 58' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 105867
Place ID: 8357
Fueron cartografiadas por primera vez durante la expedición al mando de Charcot, entre los años 1908-1910. El nombre es de carácter descriptivo y obedece a su configuración geográfica. Agujas situadas al S del monte Bayonne, en la isla Alejandro I. Son cuatros agujas de alturas uniformes. |
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| The Needles (GBR) | 68° 57' 00.0" S | 70° 58' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 110309
Place ID: 8357
four tooth-like peaks rising to c.1500m between Mount Bayonne and Mount Paris, Rouen Mountains, N Alexander Island, were roughly mapped by FAE, 1908-10, in January 1909 and called descriptively Les Dents [=the teeth] (Bongrain, 1914, vue 42 following p.60; BA, 1916, view facing p.409; Stephenson, 1940, p.173; USBGN, 1965, p.100); photographed from the air by BGLE in 1936-37 and by RARE in 1947; named The Needles (BA chart 3196, 12.xi.1948; APC, 1955, p.15; DOS 610 sheet W 68 70, 1960). Los Dientes (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.306). The feature was mapped by FIDS in 1959 from RARE air photographs. Agujas Los Dientes [=the teeth needles] (Pierrou, 1970, p.490). |
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