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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Beacon Valley (NZL) | 77° 49' 32.4" S | 160° 38' 44.2" E | Valley |
Name ID: 112754
Place ID: 1039
A deglaciated valley in the Quartermain Mountains, trending north-northeast from Horizon Bluff towards Turnabout Glacier and Taylor Glacier, opening out between Pyramid Mountain to the west and West Beacon to the east. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF07 |
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Beacon Valley (USA) | 77° 49' 00.0" S | 160° 39' 00.0" E | Valley |
Name ID: 122303
Place ID: 1039
An ice-free valley between Pyramid Mountain and Beacon Heights, in Victoria Land. Mapped by the BrAE, 1910-13. Named by the VUWAE (1958-59) after Beacon Heights. |
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Debutante Island (AUS) | 69° 35' 28.7" S | 75° 32' 42.7" E | Island |
Name ID: 1039
Place ID: 3451
The southern-most of the Søstrene Islands in the Publications Ice Shelf on the Ingrid Christensen Coast. |
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