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Antarctic Gazetteer

A catalogue of Antarctic Names from the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and lists of other less formal names.

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Gazetteers		 Australian Antarctic Gazetteer - includes Macquarie and Heard islands
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Compilation of various sub-Antarctic Gazetteers (official names) - (places north of 60 deg south)
GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN) Gazetteer
Informal Antarctic/sub-Antarctic Gazetteer (unofficial names)
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