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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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| Cape Melville (RUS) | 62° 02' 00.0" S | 57° 35' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 119369 Place ID: 9418 | |||
| Cape Melville (GBR) | 62° 01' 29.0" S | 57° 34' 51.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 110112
Place ID: 9418
SE point of King George Island, was charted by Bransfield, 22 January 1820, and named after Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (Cape Dundas, q.v.) (Bransfield, chart, [1820b]; Bone, 1821, p.746; Fildes, 1821b, chart [4]; BA chart [no number], 1822; 3205, 25.iii.1937; APC, 1955, p.15; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962). South Foreland (Powell, chart, 1822a; Eyriès and Malte-Brun, 1823, map facing p.237). The name Cape Melville was also applied to North Foreland (q.v.) on some early charts. Cap Melville (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5; d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170). Cabo Melville (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861; Pierrou, 1970, p.516; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.199). Süd Vorland [=south foreland] (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Capo Melville (Faustini, 1904, p.4). Kap Melville (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol.2, second end map). The cape was further charted by FAE, 1908-10, in December 1909. Cap Meerille [sic] (Bongrain, 1914, Pl.2 (upper photograph) following p.60). Kapp Melville (HA chart, 1928). The cape was recharted by DI in January 1937 and photographed from the air by FIDASE in December 1956. Mys Melvill (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Punta Melville, as rejected form (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.199). |
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| Cape Melville (USA) | 62° 02' 00.0" S | 57° 37' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 128789
Place ID: 9418
Cape forming the E extremity of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This name was applied to the NE cape of King George Island on some early charts, but in recent years has been consistently used for the E cape. The name dates back to 1820 when it was used by Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, during his explorations of the South Shetland Islands. |
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| Melville, Cabo (CHL) | 62° 01' 00.0" S | 57° 31' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 105930
Place ID: 9418
En las primeras cartas se le daba este nombre al cabo NE de la isla Rey Jorge, pero en los años recientes se le ha dado esta denominación al cabo SE. El nombre data por lo menos del año 1820 cuando fue descrito por el capitán Edward Bransfield de la Real Marina Inglesa, durante sus exploraciones a las islas Shetland del Sur. Toma este nombre el extremo SE de la isla Rey Jorge, en las islas Shetland del Sur. El cabo consiste en una pequeña península de piedra, de altura uniforme que se interna por 2 millas en el mar y se eleva rápidamente hacia el interior en 564 metros. |
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| Melville, cabo,pico (ARG) | 62° 01' 00.0" S | 57° 30' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 101532 Place ID: 9418 | |||
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