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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| Chaos Reef (GBR) | 62° 21' 50.6" S | 59° 46' 11.0" W | Reef |
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Name ID: 108149
Place ID: 2513
mainly submerged N of Aitcho Islands, English Strait. Following survey from the Chilean patrol ship Lautaro (Capt. José Duarte Villaroel) on CAE, 1949, the names Banco Cocheco [from the diminutive for José, the captain's name], Roca Cuca [from the diminutive name for the wife of a CAE officer] and Roca Ripin [from the nickname of one of the captain's daughters] were applied to unidentified parts of this feature (Chile. DNH chart 1405, 1949-50; IHA, 1974, p.79, 89, 242). The reef was resurveyed by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Protector in 1967 and named descriptively Chaos Reef (APC, 1974, p.3; BA, 1972, p.48; BA chart 1771, 8.vi.1990) |
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| Chaos Reef (USA) | 62° 22' 00.0" S | 59° 46' 00.0" W | Reef |
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Name ID: 123448
Place ID: 2513
A descriptive name for the confused area of breakers and shoal water located 0.7 mi NE of Morris Rock, at the N end of Aitcho Islands in the South Shetland Islands The name was given by UK-APC in 1971. |
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