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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| Cape North (NZL) | 70° 41' 00.0" S | 165° 48' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 114024
Place ID: 10408
A precipitous but snow-covered cliff over 60m high, about 17 miles westward of Cape Hooker, in Victoria Land. Named in 1841 by Ross because this was the northernmost land which his expedition saw along this coast. |
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| Cape North (RUS) | 70° 39' 00.0" S | 165° 42' 00.0" E | Cape |
| Name ID: 119691 Place ID: 10408 | |||
| Cape North (USA) | 70° 41' 00.0" S | 165° 48' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 129503
Place ID: 10408
A large bluff with much rock exposed along the N and E sides, standing at the W side of Nielsen Fjord on the N coast of Victoria Land. The top of the bluff is snow covered and rises to about 500 m. Although it is not the northernmost coastal point in the immediate area, the feature is conspicuous and presumably is the one observed by Capt. James Clark Ross in 1841 and given the name Cape North. On the chart by Ross, Cape North is depicted as the northernmost cape observed westward of Cape Hooker. |
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