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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| Roadend Nunatak (AUS) | 79° 48' 00.0" S | 158° 01' 00.1" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1788
Place ID: 12198
A conspicuous landmark 19 km south of Mulgrew Nunatak and 7 km north-west of Bastion Hill in the Brown Hills. Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63). So named by the expedition because of the important role of the nunatak played as a landmark for manhauling sledge journeys and for aircraft flights which supported the expedition and always landed there. |
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| Roadend Nunatak (NZL) | 79° 47' 54.8" S | 158° 02' 14.1" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 139450
Place ID: 12198
A conspicuous landmark 14km south of Mulgrew Nunatak and 6.3km northwest of Bastion Hill across Touchdown Glacier, in the Brown Hills. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MM05 |
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| Roadend Nunatak (USA) | 79° 48' 00.0" S | 158° 02' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 130816
Place ID: 12198
A conspicuous nunatak 4 mi WNW of Bastion Hill along the N side of Darwin Glacier. So named by the VUWAE (1962-63) because of its use as a landmark for manhauling sledge journeys and aircraft flights which supported the expedition and landed there. |
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