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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| Dufek Head (NZL) | 77° 37' 00.0" S | 167° 42' 00.0" E | Head |
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Name ID: 134140
Place ID: 17053
Feature n.61 in ACAN minutes of 19/06/2000. An ice-covered headland 4.4 mi NE of Tyree Head in S Ross Island. The headland rises to 620 m the E side of the terminus of Aurora Glacier. Named by US-ACAN (2000) in association with Tyree Head, q.v., after R Adm. George J. Dufek, USN (1903-77), Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1954-59. (This naming replaces a 1999 US-ACAN recommendation to name a point on Ross Island for Admiral Dufek. That recommendation had to be withdrawn because the feature was pre-empted by Micou Point.) |
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| Dufek Head (USA) | 77° 37' 00.0" S | 167° 42' 00.0" E | Head |
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Name ID: 124560
Place ID: 17053
An ice-covered headland 4.4 mi NE of Tyree Head in S Ross Island. The headland rises to 620 m at the E side of the terminus of Aurora Glacier. Named by US-ACAN (2000) in association with Tyree Head, q.v., after R. Adm. George J. Dufek, USN (1903-77), Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1954-59. |
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