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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| Farr Bay (AUS) | 66° 34' 59.9" S | 94° 19' 59.9" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 103
Place ID: 4473
A bay just east of the Helen Glacier in Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Dr C C Farr of New Zealand, a member of the AAE Advisory Committee. |
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| Farr Bay (RUS) | 66° 35' 00.0" S | 94° 20' 00.0" E | Bay |
| Name ID: 117951 Place ID: 4473 | |||
| Farr Bay (USA) | 66° 35' 00.0" S | 94° 23' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 125001
Place ID: 4473
Bay on the coast of Antarctica, 7 mi wide, lying just E of Helen Glacier. Discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base Party of the AAE under Mawson. In some early reports the feature was called Depot Bay. It was later named by Mawson for Dr. C.C. Farr of New Zealand, a member of the Expedition Advisory Committee. |
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