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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| Barker Bank (GBR) | 64° 01' 00.0" S | 57° 01' 00.0" W | Bank |
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Name ID: 107669
Place ID: 899
extending NE from Ula Point, James Ross Island, with least depth of c. 20m but precise limits undefined, was charted from HMS Endurance, 1981-82, and named after Capt. Nicholas John Barker, RN (b. 1933), who was in command of the ship, 1980-82, including the period of the Falklands War (APC, 1986, p.3). |
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| Barker Bank (USA) | 64° 01' 00.0" S | 57° 01' 00.0" W | Bank |
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Name ID: 122193
Place ID: 899
A marine bank in Erebus and Terror Gulf with a least depth of 20 meters. The bank extends NE from Ula Point, James Ross Island, but its limits are not precisely defined. Charted from HMS Endurance, 1981-82, and named by UK-APC after Capt. Nicholas J. Barker, RN, who was in command of the ship, 1980-82. |
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| Robinson Group (AUS) | 67° 26' 54.0" S | 63° 26' 20.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 899
Place ID: 12243
A group of islands about 19 km west of Cape Daly in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered on about 13 February 1931 by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Mr W.S. Robinson of Melbourne, a patron of the expedition. |
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