Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
West Arm (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
West Arm (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Arm
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
The western arm of the horseshow-shaped rock forming Horseshoe Harbour at Mawson. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). First visited on 5 February, 1954, by Phillip Law, Leader of the ANARE Expedition which established Mawson station.
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