Gazetteer of the Antarctic

U.S. Board on Geographic Names; Defense Mapping Agency; U. S. Geological Survey; National Science Foundation

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This gazetteer lists antarctic names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names and by the Secretary of the Interior. The Board is the interagency body created by law to standardize and promulgate geographic names for official purposes. As the official standard for names in Antarctica, the gazetteer assures accuracy and uniformity for the specialist and the general user alike. Unlike the last (1981) edition, now out of print, the book contains neither historical notes nor textual descriptions of features. The gazetteer contains names of features in Antarctica and the area extending northward to the Antarctic Convergence that have been approved by the Board as recently as mid-1989. It supersedes previous Board gazetteers for the area. For each geographic feature, the book contains the name, cross references if any, and latitude and longitude. Coverage corresponds to that of maps at the scale of 1:250,000 or larger for islands, coastal Antarctica, and mountains and ranges of the continent. Much of the interior of Antarctica, an ice plateau, has been mapped at a smaller scale and is nearly devoid of features and toponyms. All of the names are for natural features; scientific stations are not listed. For the names of submarine features, reference should be made to the Gazetteer of Undersea Features, U.S. Board on Geographic Names (1981).

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Federal Government Series

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7000091

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U.S. Board on Geographic Names; Defense Mapping Agency; U. S. Geological Survey; National Science Foundation

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National Mapping Division

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4th

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English

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-0600000

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1800000

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160

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xii, 145 p.

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National Science Foundation

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Report

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MSB

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89-98

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Gazetteer of the Antarctic; 1989; Federal Government Series; MSB; 89-98; U.S. Board on Geographic Names; Defense Mapping Agency; U. S. Geological Survey; National Science Foundation

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1989

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Gazetteer of the Antarctic; 1989; Federal Government Series; MSB; 89-98; U.S. Board on Geographic Names; Defense Mapping Agency; U. S. Geological Survey; National Science Foundation