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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| Moreton Point (RUS) | 60° 37' 00.0" S | 46° 01' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 119512 Place ID: 9838 | |||
| Moreton Point (GBR) | 60° 37' 00.0" S | 46° 02' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110231
Place ID: 9838
N entrance point of Fulmar Bay, W Coronation Island, was roughly charted by Powell and Palmer in 1821, and called Cap Ouest [=west cape] (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5); recharted by DI in 1933 and named Moreton Point after Harold Vane Moreton, Boatswain's Mate in Discovery II, 1929-31, 1931-33 and 1933-35 (BA chart 1775, 17.vii.1934; APC, 1955, p.15). Punta Moreton (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.275; Pierrou, 1970, p.531). |
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| Moreton Point (USA) | 60° 37' 00.0" S | 46° 02' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 129095
Place ID: 9838
Point 1 mi N of Return Point at the W end of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Roughly charted by Capt. George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer in 1821. Named by DI personnel on the Discovery II who charted the islands in 1933. |
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| Moreton, punta (ARG) | 60° 37' 00.0" S | 46° 02' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 101607 Place ID: 9838 | |||
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