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
Amundsen Bay (AUS) 66° 55' 00.1" S 50° 00' 00.0" E Bay
Name ID: 81 Place ID: 316

The eastern of two adjacent bays in the western part of Enderby Land which is 44 km wide in the north, narrowing in the south, and with a length of 88 km. The bay was seen as a large pack-filled recession in the coastline by Sir Douglas Mawson on 14 January,1930. Seen by Captain Hj. Riiser-Larsen in charge of a Norwegian expedition during a flight on 15 January, 1930, and subsequently mapped nearer its true position by the Norwegians. An ANARE party led by P.W. Crohn landed by aircraft in 1956. Phillip Law led an ANARE party which landed inside the bay from MV Thala Dan in February, 1958. Named by Mawson after Roald Amundsen.

Amundsen Bay (RUS) 66° 50' 00.0" S 50° 00' 00.0" E Bay
Name ID: 116808 Place ID: 316

Amundsen Bay (USA) 66° 55' 00.0" S 50° 00' 00.0" E Bay
Name ID: 121767 Place ID: 316

Long embayment 24 mi wide, close W of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land. The bay was seen as a large pack-filled recession in the coastline by Sir Douglas Mawson on Jan. 14, 1930. Seen by Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in charge of a Norwegian expedition during an airplane flight on January 15 and subsequently mapped nearer its true position by the Norwegians. The bay was mapped in detail by an ANARE party landed by aircraft in 1956 and another landed by launch from explorer who was first to reach the South Pole.

Cape Markov (AUS) 66° 46' 12.5" S 50° 16' 25.5" E Cape
Name ID: 316 Place ID: 9020

An ice cape about 13 km west of Mount Riiser-Larsen in Enderby Land. Named by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition after K.K. Markov, Professor of the Geography Faculty of the University of Moscow.

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