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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| Beaumont Bay (NZL) | 81° 31' 00.0" S | 161° 22' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 112760
Place ID: 1062
A small re-entrant lying eastward of Mt. Albert Markham along the western edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, between Cape Douglas and Cape Wilson. Discovered in December 1902 by the NAE, 1901-04, and named for Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont, a former Artic explorer who took a special interest in this expedition. |
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| Beaumont Bay (RUS) | 81° 33' 00.0" S | 161° 40' 00.0" E | Bay |
| Name ID: 117012 Place ID: 1062 | |||
| Beaumont Bay (USA) | 81° 31' 00.0" S | 161° 22' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 122325
Place ID: 1062
An ice-filled reentrant on the W side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Young Head and Harris Point, into which Dickey Glacier flows. Discovered by the BrNAE (1901-04) and named for Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont, RN, Arctic explorer who took special interest in this expedition. |
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| Close Islands (AUS) | 67° 01' 33.9" S | 144° 33' 23.9" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1062
Place ID: 2773
A group of several, small, off-shore islands, almost entirely ice-capped, off the coast of George V Land. Discovered by A A E (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named them after J H Close, a member of the expedition. |
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