Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Stack Bay (AUS) | 67° 03' 00.0" S | 58° 03' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 139
Place ID: 13893
A bay about 4 km wide, lying just west of Hoseason Glacier in Kemp Land. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Skotvika because of its proximity to West Stack, named by personnel of the William Scoresby in 1936. |
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| Stack Bay (USA) | 67° 03' 00.0" S | 58° 04' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 132061
Place ID: 13893
A small bay between West Stack and the mouth of Hoseason Glacier in Enderby Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called "Skotvika" because of the proximity to West Stack, named by personnel of RRS William Scoresby in 1936. The name for the bay has been approved in a translated form to agree with West Stack. |
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