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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| Beaver Lake (AUS) | 70° 47' 33.7" S | 68° 17' 42.7" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 1193
Place ID: 1072
An area of smooth ice, approximately 7 km by 22 km, at the southern end of a region of rough ice (a stagnant glacier) between two arms of a horseshoe shaped rock exposure. Situated just east of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by ANARE personnel in 1956. |
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| Beaver Lake (RUS) | 70° 47' 00.0" S | 68° 15' 00.0" E | Water body |
| Name ID: 117016 Place ID: 1072 | |||
| Beaver Lake (USA) | 70° 48' 00.0" S | 68° 20' 00.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 122334
Place ID: 1072
A lake of smooth ice, 7 mi long and 5 mi wide, enclosed on the S and E by Flagstone Bench and Jetty Peninsula. The lake is situated at the S end of an area of rough ice (a stagnant glacier), 17 mi ESE of Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by ANARE personnel in 1956. An ANARE camp was established in the vicinity in September 1957 and the lake was used extensively as a landing area by Beaver aircraft. |
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| Fold Island (AUS) | 67° 18' 00.0" S | 59° 23' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1072
Place ID: 4778
An island just east of Stefansson Bay off the coast of Kemp Land. Visited by ANARE parties since 1954. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Foldoya. |
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