Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
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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| Martín, punta (ARG) | 60° 46' 00.0" S | 44° 41' 00.0" W | Point |
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| Point Martin (GBR) | 60° 46' 00.0" S | 44° 41' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110031
Place ID: 9084
W side of Scotia Bay, Laurie Island, NW of Cape Murdoch, was surveyed by SNAE in October 1903 and named after J. Martin, Able Seaman in the expedition ship Scotia, who took part in the survey (Bruce and others, chart, 1903a; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.14); recharted by DI in 1933. Pointe Martin (France. SHM, 1937, p.388). Punta Martín (Moneta, 1951, end map [2]). |
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| Point Martin (USA) | 60° 47' 00.0" S | 44° 41' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 128499
Place ID: 9084
Point on the E side of Mossman Peninsula 0.8 mi NW of Cape Murdoch, on the S coast of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the ScotNAE under Bruce, who named it for J. Martin, able-bodied seaman on the expedition ship Scotia. |
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