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)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Ainsworth Bay (AUS) | 67° 51' 21.0" S | 146° 39' 48.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 82
Place ID: 132
An open bay on the coast of George V Land, between Cape Bage and Cape Webb. Discovered in 1912 by the AAE under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after G.F. Ainsworth, a member of the expedition. |
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| Ainsworth Bay (RUS) | 67° 50' 00.0" S | 146° 45' 00.0" E | Bay |
| Name ID: 116758 Place ID: 132 | |||
| Ainsworth Bay (USA) | 67° 48' 00.0" S | 146° 37' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 121632
Place ID: 132
An ice-filled recession of the coastline, 5 mi wide, between Capes Bage and Webb. Discovered by the AAE (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, and named by him for G.F. Ainsworth, a member of the expedition who served as leader and meteorologist with the AAE party on Macquarie Island during 1911-13. |
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| Opasnaya Bay (AUS) | 67° 39' 00.0" S | 45° 49' 00.1" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 132
Place ID: 10650
A bay just north-west of Molodezhnaya station on the coast of Enderby Land. Photographed by ANARE in 1956 and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1957. Named Bukhta Opasnaya (Dangerous Bay) by the Soviet Expedition. |
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