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
Madell Point (GBR) 66° 35' 00.0" S 66° 22' 00.0" W Point
Name ID: 109969 Place ID: 8837

NE of Cape Rey, Darbel Bay, Loubet Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Detaille Island", 1956-57; named after James Stuart Madell (b.1932), FIDS assistant surveyor, "Hope Bay", 1956-57, and "Detaille Island", 1957-58, who surveyed the point (APC, 1959a, p.9; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961).

Madell Point (USA) 66° 35' 00.0" S 66° 22' 00.0" W Point
Name ID: 128328 Place ID: 8837

A point 2 mi NE of Cape Rey on the coast of Graham Land. Mapped from air photos taken by FIDASE (1956-57). Named for James S. Madell, FIDS surveyor at Detaille Island in 1957, who was responsible for the triangulation of this area.

Madell, punta (ARG) 66° 35' 00.0" S 66° 22' 00.0" W Point
Name ID: 101450 Place ID: 8837

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