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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| Barnum Peak (NZL) | 85° 23' 00.0" S | 171° 40' 00.0" W | Peak |
| Name ID: 112733 Place ID: 923 | |||
| Barnum Peak (RUS) | 85° 23' 00.0" S | 171° 38' 00.0" W | Peak |
| Name ID: 116977 Place ID: 923 | |||
| Barnum Peak (USA) | 85° 23' 00.0" S | 171° 40' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 122217
Place ID: 923
A peak (2,940 m) surmounting the E end of a prominent snow-covered rock divide near the head of Liv Glacier, just S of the mouth of LaVergne Glacier. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the ByrdAE flight to the South Pole in November 1929, and named by him for J.D. Barnum, publisher of the Syracuse Post-Standard and contributor to the expedition. |
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| Safety Island (AUS) | 67° 30' 58.1" S | 63° 54' 39.5" E | Island |
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Name ID: 923
Place ID: 12596
A small island about 6 km east of Cape Daly on the coast of Mac.Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). First visited in 1954 by an ANARE party led by Robert G. Dovers and so named because it was the nearest safe camp site to Scullin Monolith. |
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