Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Azimuth Islands (AUS) | 67° 31' 08.4" S | 62° 44' 05.3" E | Island |
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Name ID: 843
Place ID: 718
A group of four small islands about 11 km north-west of Mawson. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). |
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| Azimuth Islands (RUS) | 67° 31' 00.0" S | 62° 45' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 116920 Place ID: 718 | |||
| Azimuth Islands (USA) | 67° 32' 00.0" S | 62° 44' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 122069
Place ID: 718
Group of 4 small islands lying 1 mi NW of Parallactic Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. So named by ANCA because the largest island in the group was included in a triangulation survey by ANARE in 1959. |
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| Vestfold Hills (AUS) | 68° 33' 00.0" S | 78° 15' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 718
Place ID: 15439
An area of ice-free mainland rock and off-shore islands covering an area of about 512 square km on the Ingrid Christensen Coast. The rounded hills are mostly between 30 and 100 m above sea level and have a maximum height of 159 m. Discovered and named by a Norwegian expedition under Capt. Klarius Mikkelsen in 1935, when a brief landing was made in the northern part of the area. Further brief landings were made by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1939. The Vestfold Hills were photographed from the air by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Landings were made and exploration carried out in 1954 and 1955 by ANARE led by Phillip Law, who established Davis station in January, 1957. Named after Vestfold, a county in Norway. |
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