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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| Bawden Ice Rise (GBR) | 66° 51' 30.0" S | 60° 09' 18.0" W | Ice rise |
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Name ID: 107698
Place ID: 1016
near Larsen Ice Front c. 75 km SSE of Cape Alexander, Oscar II Coast. The feature, which is c. 15 km long and c. 4 km wide and may consist of more than one ice rise, was discovered and mapped on a radio echo-sounding flight by BAS from Adelaide in February 1975 (BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981; BA chart 3175, 7.xii.1984); named after John Bawden (b. 1931), with BAS from 1971, Finance Officer, 1973-78, and Institute Secretary from 1978 (APC, 1986, p. 3). |
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| Bawden Ice Rise (USA) | 66° 59' 00.0" S | 60° 50' 00.0" W | Ice rise |
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Name ID: 122287
Place ID: 1016
An ice rise, 8 mi long and 2 mi wide, near the edge of Larsen Ice Shelf, 41 mi ESE of Cape Alexander, Graham Land. The feature, which may consist of more than one ice rise, was mapped on a BAS radio echo sounding flight from Adelaide Island in February 1975. Named by the UK-APC in 1985 after John Bawden, with BAS from 1971; Finance Officer, 1973-78. |
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| Solitary Island (AUS) | 67° 21' 11.2" S | 60° 11' 04.6" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1016
Place ID: 15166
A steep-sided, island with three outlying rocks, between Hobs Island and Scoble Glacier on the coast of Mac.Robertson Land. |
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