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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| Limit Rock (RUS) | 61° 54' 00.0" S | 57° 37' 00.0" W | Rock |
| Name ID: 119079 Place ID: 8454 | |||
| Limit Rock (GBR) | 61° 53' 54.3" S | 57° 37' 43.3" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 109834
Place ID: 8454
awash E of North Foreland, King George Island, was charted by DI in 1937 and named Limit Islet (Hill, 1937) or Limit Rock (Hill and others, chart, 1937b; BA, 1942, p.40; APC, 1955, p.13; DOS 610 sheet W 62 56, 1968), because it marks the E limit of foul ground in the immediate area. Roca Límite (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.484; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.185). Skala Limit (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.175). |
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| Limit Rock (USA) | 61° 54' 00.0" S | 57° 39' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 128054
Place ID: 8454
A rock awash, lying 2 mi E of North Foreland, the NE cape of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted in 1937 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, and so named because it marks the E limit of foul ground surrounding North Foreland. |
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| Límite, roca (ARG) | 61° 54' 00.0" S | 57° 36' 00.0" W | Rock |
| Name ID: 101389 Place ID: 8454 | |||
| Límite, Roca (CHL) | 61° 54' 00.0" S | 57° 34' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 105847
Place ID: 8454
Esta roca fue conocida por los cazadores de focas a comienzos del año 1821. Está situada a 2 millas al SSE del cabo Promontorio Norte el cual es el cabo NE de las isla islas Rey Jorge en las islas Shetland del Sur. |
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