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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| Amundsen Ridges (GEBCO) | 69° 15' 00.0" S | 123° 00' 00.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 136449
Place ID: 320
Named after the Norvegian Polar explorer Roald Amundsen 1872-1928, who led the expedition that first reached the South Pole in 1911. He also was the first to fly over the North Pole on a airship in 1926. |
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| Cape Ostryj (AUS) | 66° 18' 20.8" S | 100° 45' 41.5" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 320
Place ID: 10726
Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956. |
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