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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| Bates Peak (GBR) | 69° 35' 00.0" S | 72° 48' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 107693
Place ID: 998
W-most peak of Rothschild Island, rising to c. 600m, was photographed from the air by USN in 1946-47 and by RARE in 1947; roughly mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959 (Searle, 1963, end map); surveyed from the ground by BAS from Fossil Bluff in 1970-71; named after Cdr Lawrence O. Bates, USCG, Executive Officer, USCGC Edisto, ODF, 1969 (APC, 1980, p.3). |
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| Bates Peak (USA) | 69° 35' 00.0" S | 72° 48' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 122270
Place ID: 998
The westernmost peak (c. 600 m) on Rothschild Island, rising W of Fournier Ridge in the Desko Mountains, q.v. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Lawrence O. Bates, USCG, Executive Officer, USCGC Edisto, USN OpDFrz, 1969. |
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| Striped Island (AUS) | 69° 20' 59.6" S | 76° 20' 34.7" E | Island |
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Name ID: 998
Place ID: 14146
A small island off the northern tip of Manning Island in the Larsemann Hills. |
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