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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| Drury Nunatak (AUS) | 69° 13' 59.9" S | 156° 58' 00.1" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1894
Place ID: 3890
A bare, black, isolated nunatak, standing up boldly from the continental ice on the south-east side of Lauritzen Bay in Oates Land. This is a very distinctive feature, about 13 km SSW of Magga Peak. Discovered on 20 February, 1959, by the ANARE Expedition, on the Magga Dan led by Phillip Law. Named after Alan Campbell-Drury, Photographic officer of the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, who accompanied the expedition. |
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| Drury Nunatak (USA) | 69° 14' 00.0" S | 156° 58' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 124535
Place ID: 3890
A bare, black, isolated nunatak standing up boldly from the ice at the head of Lauritzen Bay, 1.5 mi NW of Reynolds Peak. The feature was observed and charted on Feb. 20, 1959 by ANARE (Magga Dan) led by Phillip Law. Named by ANCA for Alan Campbell-Drury, Photographic Officer of the Antarctic Division who accompanied this expedition. |
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