The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about those names and the relevant geographical features. The Gazetteer includes also parts of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) gazetteer for under-sea features situated south of 60° south latitude.
, the overall content of the CGA amounts to 37,893 geographic names for 19,803 features including some 500 features with two or more entirely different names, contributed by the following sources:
Country Names United States 13,192 United Kingdom 5,040 Russia 4,808 New Zealand 2,597 Australia 2,551 Argentina 2,545 Chile 1,866 Norway 1,706 Bulgaria 1,450 Germany 393 Poland 365 China 359 Japan 345 France 223 GEBCO 182 Belgium 117 Italy 53 Spain 35 South Korea 27 India 21 Ecuador 9 Uruguay 5 South Africa 2 Canada 2 Ukraine 1
National Authorities for Antarctic place-names Country / Official authority
Argentina: Instituto Geográfico Nacional, Servicio de Hidrografía Naval Australia: Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee Bulgaria: Antarctic Place-names Commission Canada: Geographical Names Board of Canada Chile: Instituto Hidrográfíco y Oceanográfico de la Armada de Chile (SHOA) and Instituto Geográfico Militar (IGM) China: Chinese Place-names Committee France: Commission de Toponymie des TAAF, Institut Géographique National (Commission of Toponymy of TAAF, National Geographic Institute) Germany: Ständiger Ausschuß für Geographische Namen (Permanent committee on geographical names) Italy: Comitato per i nomi geografici antartici (Antarctic geographic names Committee) Japan: Antarctic Place-names Committee of Japan New Zealand: Antarctic Place-names Committee of New Zealand Norway: Antarctic Place-names Committee of Norway, Norsk Polarinstitutt Poland: Committee of Polar Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences Russia: Russian Interministerial Commission on Geographical Names UK: British Antarctic Survey UK Antarctic Place-names Committee Uruguay: Instituto Antártico Uruguayo United States: United States Board on Geographic Names GEBCO: GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names
External links Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (official website) SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA). NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica with place-name search. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.