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SCAR Antarctic Composite Gazetteer

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Summary

2001-11-30

      The database contains all the names officially given to Antarctic
      geographic features by 22 countries, including Antarctic undersea
      features taken from the "General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean"
      (GEBCO). The names included in the database are those south of the 60
      degree S parallel, this being the line usually taken as the formal
      border of the Antarctica.  The database includes 34163 official names,
      corresponding to 17077 features.

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1821-01-01
Stop Date: 2001-10-01

Geographic Coverage

Southernmost Latitude: -90.0
Westernmost Longitude: -180.0
Northernmost Latitude: -60.0
Easternmost Longitude: 180.0

Parameters

EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > BOUNDARIES > ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS

EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > BOUNDARIES > POLITICAL DIVISIONS

EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > BUILDINGS

EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND USE CLASSES

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND USE CLASSES

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > LANDFORMS

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION

Discipline

EARTH SCIENCE

Entry ID

SCAR_GAZETTEER

Keywords

GAZETTEER

GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES

PLACE NAMES

PLACES

SYNONYMS

Originating Center

Data Center

Data Center Name: PNRA > Italian Program for Antarctic Research
Data Center URL: http://www.pnra.it/SCAR_GAZE
Name: CHIARA RAMORINO
Phone: +39 06 3048 3130
Fax: +39 06 3048 4893
Email: antar@casaccia.enea.it
Address:

            Progetto Antartide
            ENEA CR - Casaccia
            Post Office Box 2400
            00100 ROME AD
            ITALY

Personnel

Name: ROBERTO CERVELLATI
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +39 06 3048 4816
Fax: +39 06 3048 4893
Email: roberto.cervellati@casaccia.enea.it
Address:

         Progetto Antartide
         ENEA CR - Casaccia
         Post Office Box 2400
         00100 ROME AD
         ITALY

Name: GLENN JOHNSTONE
Role: DIF AUTHOR

Address:

         GEODESY PROGRAM
         NATIONAL MAPPING DIVISION
         GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA
         BELCONNEN, ACT, AUSTRALIA

Name: CHIARA RAMORINO
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +39 06 3048 3130
Fax: +39 06 3048 4893
Email: antar@casaccia.enea.it
Address:

         Progetto Antartide
         ENEA CR - Casaccia
         Post Office Box 2400
         00100 ROME AD
         ITALY

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-01-08
Future DIF Review Date: 2002-12-08

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