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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| Barrier Island (AUS) | 68° 25' 50.2" S | 78° 23' 46.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1068
Place ID: 940
An island about 1.5 km long, elongated north-south in the entrance to Tryne Sound in the northern part of the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). |
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| Beaver Glacier (AUS) | 67° 01' 59.9" S | 50° 40' 00.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 567
Place ID: 1068
A glacier flowing west into Amundsen Bay between Ragged Peaks and Mt Gleadell. First visited by an ANARE party, led by P W Crohn, on 28 October, 1956, and named to commemorate the great assistance obtained from the Beaver aircraft on coastal operations. |
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| Beaver Glacier (USA) | 67° 02' 00.0" S | 50° 40' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 122332
Place ID: 1068
Glacier about 15 mi long and 4 mi wide, flowing W into Amundsen Bay between Auster Glacier and Mount Gleadell. Visited by an ANARE party on Oct. 28, 1956. Named after the Beaver aircraft used by ANARE in coastal exploration. |
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