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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| Cape Pigeon Rocks (AUS) | 66° 58' 49.5" S | 143° 53' 47.7" E | Rock |
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Name ID: 2455
Place ID: 2297
Twin rocky promontories on the western side of Watt Bay on the coast of George V Land. Discovered in 1912 by A A E under Sir Douglas Mawson who named it because of the large Cape pigeon colony there. |
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| Cape-Pigeon Rocks (USA) | 66° 59' 00.0" S | 143° 47' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 123287
Place ID: 2297
Twin rocky promontories on the western side of Watt Bay, 3 mi south of Garnet Point. Discovered by the AAE (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who gave the name because of the large Cape pigeon rookery here. The US-ACAN has added a hyphen between the first and second words in the specific part of the name to reduce ambiguity and emphasize the generic term "Rocks." |
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| Tentacle Ridge (AUS) | 79° 37' 00.1" S | 157° 15' 00.0" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 2297
Place ID: 14532
A long ridge extending south-east from the lower slopes of Mount Longhurst into the Darwin Glacier. Discovered and named by the Darwin Glacier Party of the TAE (1956-58). |
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