Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Cape Ellsworth (NZL) | 66° 17' 00.0" S | 162° 18' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 113233
Place ID: 4208
A rocky bluff, about 290m high, forming the northern extremity of Young Island, in the Balleny Islands. Named by the personnel of the Discovery II in 1936. After this vessel had rescued Lincoln Ellsworth, a running survey of the northern end of the Balleny Islands was made on the way back to Australia. Ellsworth led an Artic submarine expedition with Wilkins in 1931, and accompanied Amundsen to the North Pole by dirigible in 1926. He made four visits to the Antarctic: in 1933 to the Ross Sea; in 1934-35 and 1935-36 to the Weddell Sea, including a flight from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea in the latter year; and to Princess Elizabeth Land in 1938-39. |
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| Cape Ellsworth (RUS) | 66° 16' 00.0" S | 162° 20' 00.0" E | Cape |
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| Cape Ellsworth (USA) | 66° 17' 00.0" S | 162° 18' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 124790
Place ID: 4208
A sheer rock bluff (290 m) forming the N end of Young Island in the Balleny Islands. Named by personnel of the Ellsworth. The vessel, after picking up Ellsworth at Little America on the Ross Ice Shelf made a running survey around the northern end of the Balleny Islands on the way back to Australia. |
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