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http://dx.doi.org/10.7848/ksgpc.2013.31.6-2.549

Efficient Registration Plan of Place Names for Reinforcement of Active Region in Antarctica

Yun, Hee Cheon (Department of Civil Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Park, Joon Kyu (Department of Civil Engineering, Seoil University)
Lee, Jong Sin (Department of Civil Engineering, Chungnam National University)

Publication Information

Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography / v.31, no.6_2, 2013 , pp. 549-557 More about this Journal

Abstract

The Antarctica continent does not belong to any countries so that a place in the region has some different place names between countries. Korea gave Korean place names to the places around the King Sejong Station, and the names have since been used by Korean researchers on the Antarctic. However, they have yet to be registered officially at CGA(Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica) by November 2010. Therefore, to prepare for the possible disputes over territorial claims in Antarctica and to expand and specify activity areas, this research tries to analyze the present condition of advanced countries' committees on place names of Antarctica, their procedures of registering names and their registration criteria, and thereby suggest an efficient plan for registering place names of Antarctica. If the plan suggested in this research is actively reviewed and applied, it will be able to make a great contribution to advancing the place names of Antarctica and research on the Antarctic.

Keywords

Antarctica; Place names; Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica; Committees on place names;

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