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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| Low Head (RUS) | 62° 09' 00.0" S | 58° 08' 00.0" W | Head |
| Name ID: 119139 Place ID: 8671 | |||
| Low Head (GBR) | 62° 09' 26.2" S | 58° 07' 56.1" W | Head |
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Name ID: 109913
Place ID: 8671
between Martins Head (q.v.) and Lions Rump, King George Island. The name Cap Martin was applied in error by FAE, 1908-10, either to this feature or to Lions Rump (Charcot, 1912, Pl. 11; Bongrain, 1914, vues 2 and 3 following p.60). This feature was charted by DI in 1937 and named descriptively Cape Low Head (Hill and others, chart, 1937b; BA chart 3205, 2.ix.1938; APC, 1955, p.14). Cape Law, in error (Hill, 1937). Cabo Cabeza Baja [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH chart L, 1947). Cabo Low Head (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949). Cabo Promontorio Bajo [=cape low promontory] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.205; Pierrou, 1970, p.606; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.231). Cap Lowe [sic] (France. SHM, 1954, p.45). Cabo Cabezo Baja (Kosack, 1955b, map facing p.88). Low Head (APC, 1960, p.5; Hawkes, 1961, map p.3; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962). Martins Head, in error (USHO, 1960, p.348, 1st view). Mys Lou (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.175). |
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| Low Head (USA) | 62° 09' 00.0" S | 58° 08' 00.0" W | Head |
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Name ID: 128193
Place ID: 8671
Headland 1 mi SSW of Lions Rump, the W side of the entrance to King George Bay, on King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and given this descriptive name during 1937 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. |
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| Promontorio Bajo, cabo (ARG) | 62° 09' 00.0" S | 58° 07' 00.0" W | Head |
| Name ID: 101912 Place ID: 8671 | |||
| Promontorio Bajo, Cabo (CHL) | 62° 10' 00.0" S | 58° 08' 00.0" W | Head |
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Name ID: 106120
Place ID: 8671
Fue cartografiado en 1937 por el teniente L.C. Hill, RNR, y los oficiales del Discovery, quienes le dieron el nombre cabo Low Head. Para aprovechar su condición de nombre descriptivo fue traducido en 1947, por el Instituto Hidrográfico de la Armada de Chile, como cabo Cabeza Baja y en 1962 como cabo Promontorio Bajo, su forma actual, que refleja mejor la intención de quienes le dieron el nombre. Cabo situado a 17 cables al SSW de cabo Anca de León, límite occidental de la entrada a bahía Rey Jorge, en la costa S de la isla Rey Jorge, islas Shetland del Sur. |
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