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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| Campbell Glacier Tongue (NZL) | 74° 36' 00.0" S | 164° 24' 00.0" E | Tongue |
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Name ID: 139778
Place ID: 2247
The seaward extension of Campbell Glacier into northern Terra Nova Bay, on the coast of Victoria Land. |
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| Campbell Glacier Tongue (USA) | 74° 36' 00.0" S | 164° 24' 00.0" E | Tongue |
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Name ID: 123248
Place ID: 2247
The seaward extension of Campbell Glacier into northern Terra Nova Bay, on the coast of Victoria Land. The name was suggested by US-ACAN in association with Campbell Glacier. |
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| The Palisades (AUS) | 82° 50' 00.0" S | 159° 10' 00.1" E | Range |
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Name ID: 2247
Place ID: 10842
A narrow range bordering on the Nimrod Glacier to the north-west of Mount Markham, overlooking the lower Marsh Glacier. Discovered by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961-62). So named because of the resemblance to a protective wall at the junction of two rivers. |
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