Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Scutch Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Scutch Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A point between Weddell Arm and Shirokaya Bay, Vestfold Hills.
The dolerite dykes that run in a south-westerly direction from this hereto unnamed point evoke the scores made by a scutch hammer or scutch chisel upon stone. The scutch hammer and scutch chisel were important tools for Australian colonial-era stonemasons.
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