A composite gazetteer of Antarctica

Cervellati, Roberto; Ramorino, Chiara; Sievers, Jörn; Thomson, Janet; Clarke, Drew. 2000 A composite gazetteer of Antarctica. Polar Record, 36 (198). 278-85. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400016739

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Abstract/Summary

Publication of the Composite gazetteer of Antarctica by the SCAR Working Group on Geodesy and Geographic Information is a major milestone in the evolution of Antarctic toponymy. It has taken six years to produce, and contains 21,552 names representing 16,563 geographic features, sourced from 20 national Antarctic gazetteers and one international agency. The Gazetteer has been designed to avoid any value judgement regarding precedence or form of the various place-names. The contents of the two volumes are described, and the results of an analysis of the names data are presented. It is noted that 476 geographic features have two or more completely different names, whereas 3377 features have multiple names due to translation or transliteration. The limited progress towards development of toponymic guidelines for the Antarctic is described, along with plans for further development of the Gazetteer. An immediate benefit of the publication is that national Antarctic geographic names authorities will now be able to avoid approving new names for geographic features that are already named.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400016739
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Administration
ISSN:	0032-2474
Date made live:	16 Nov 2012 10:12 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20431

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400016739

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Administration

ISSN:

0032-2474

Date made live:

16 Nov 2012 10:12 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20431