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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| Bancroft Bay (GBR) | 64° 33' 00.0" S | 61° 51' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 107654
Place ID: 855
SW side of Reclus Peninsula, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57 and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from Portal Point in 1957-59; named after Anthony David Bancroft (b.1927), senior surveyor of FIDASE (APC, 1960, p.2; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). Bahia Bancroft (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 5). |
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| Bancroft Bay (USA) | 64° 34' 00.0" S | 61° 52' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 122166
Place ID: 855
Bay lying between Charlotte and Wilhelmina Bays, along the W coast of Graham Land. The bay was first roughly indicated by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. It was remapped by the FIDS from air photos taken by the FIDASE, 1955-57. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Anthony D. Bancroft, senior surveyor of the latter expedition. |
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| Bancroft, bahÃa (ARG) | 64° 33' 00.0" S | 61° 51' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 100195 Place ID: 855 | |||
| Stinear Island (AUS) | 67° 34' 57.7" S | 62° 49' 16.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 855
Place ID: 14045
An island about 400 m north of Bichervaise Island, in the Flat Islands about 2 km WNW of Mawson. The island was visited frequently by ANARE parties since 1954. |
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