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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| Beaver Lake (AUS) | 70° 47' 33.7" S | 68° 17' 42.7" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 1193
Place ID: 1072
An area of smooth ice, approximately 7 km by 22 km, at the southern end of a region of rough ice (a stagnant glacier) between two arms of a horseshoe shaped rock exposure. Situated just east of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by ANARE personnel in 1956. |
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| Benten Island (USA) | 69° 01' 00.0" S | 39° 13' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 122426
Place ID: 1193
Small island lying 5 mi W of Ongulkalven Island in the E part of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped from surveys and air photos by JARE, 1957-62, and named Benten-shima (goddess of fortune island). |
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| Benten sima (RUS) | 69° 01' 00.0" S | 39° 14' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 117058 Place ID: 1193 | |||
| Benten Zima (JPN) | 69° 02' 27.0" S | 39° 15' 14.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 112294
Place ID: 1193
A small island lying in the northeastern part of Lützow-Holmbukta. Mapped from surveys and air photos by JARE, 1957-62, and named Benten Zima (goddess of fortune island). |
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| Bentenøya (NOR) | 69° 01' 00.0" S | 39° 13' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 114868
Place ID: 1193
Islet about 9 km W of Flatvær on Kronprins Olav Kyst. Benten=chineese god of beauty. |
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