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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| Buzfuz Rock (GBR) | 65° 28' 00.0" S | 65° 52' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 108040
Place ID: 2139
submerged rock NW of Renaud Island, Pitt Islands, Biscoe Islands, was charted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Endurance in 1969; in association with the names of other characters from Pickwick papers in this area, named after Sergeant Buzfuz (BA, 1972, p.33; APC, 1974, p.3; BA chart 3573, 20.iv.1984). |
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| Buzfuz Rock (USA) | 65° 28' 00.0" S | 65° 53' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 123163
Place ID: 2139
A rock 1.5 mi W of Snubbin Island in the Pitt Islands, northern Biscoe Islands. Named by UK-APC in 1971 after Sergeant Buzfuz, a character in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers. |
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