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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| Beiszer Nunatak (GBR) | 83° 29' 00.0" S | 51° 57' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 107733
Place ID: 1104
rising to c. 1630m at S end of Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964, and surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1965-66 (Huffman and Schmidt, 1966); named after John E. Beiszer, aviation structural mechanic, Squadron VX-6, USN, Ellsworth Station , winter 1957 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/14, 1969; APC, 1974, p.3). |
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| Beiszer Nunatak (USA) | 83° 29' 00.0" S | 51° 57' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 122360
Place ID: 1104
Nunatak, 1,630 m, standing 1 mi S of Ray Nunatak at the SW end of Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for John E. Beiszer, aviation structural mechanic at Ellsworth Station, winter 1957. |
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| Pinn Island (AUS) | 67° 33' 33.4" S | 47° 54' 14.2" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1104
Place ID: 11295
A prominent island about 3 km long and 0.5 km wide in the southern part of Casey Bay in Enderby Land. Photographed from the air by RAAF Antarctic Flight in 1956. First visited by an ANARE party led by Bruce H. Stinear in October, 1957. Named after J. Pinn, geophysicist at Mawson in 1957. |
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