Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Penguin Knob (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Penguin Knob (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Hill
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A low hill immediately to the south of Cape Denison on the eastern side of the entrance to Boat Harbour and about 460 m north from Mawson's main hut.
The feature was named by Douglas Mawson during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 and appears on official maps of the expedition.
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