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HomeAboutAntarctic Place Names CommitteePlace Name Stories

Place Name Stories

What’s in a place name?

Well actually there can be quite a lot.

With thanks to the British Antarctic Survey we will bring you a regular series of articles highlighting various place names in the British Antarctic Territory.

  • Location, Location, Location
  • In full swing…2023-24 BAS field season
  • And so the field season begins
  • Concept of using themes
  • Antarctic Wildlife
  • And now for the weather
  • Inspired by Scotland
  • Penguin Place Names
  • Inspired by Ukraine
  • Sir Ernest Shackleton
  • Glasgow Glacier
  • Finlandia Foothills
  • Euro 2020 in Antarctica
  • Sir James Clark Ross
  • Irish inspired Place Names
  • Blaiklock Island
  • Astronomer Place Names
  • Pitt Islands
  • Isolated Place Names
  • Changes to Place Names
  • Moby Dick
  • Marine Navigation – Place Names
  • Arrowsmith Peninsula
  • English Coast
  • Furse Peninsula 

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