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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| Gillies Islands (AUS) | 66° 31' 13.7" S | 96° 21' 55.5" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1075
Place ID: 5328
Three small rocky islands protruding through the Shackleton Ice Shelf, about 7 km north of Cape Moyes. Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of A A E (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after F. Gillies, a member of the expedition. |
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| Mount Beazley (USA) | 85° 51' 00.0" S | 142° 51' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 122336
Place ID: 1075
Mountain, 2,410 m, surmounting the N extremity of the California Plateau. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and USN air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Robert M. Beazley, MC, USN, officer in charge of the South Pole Station winter party, 1965. |
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