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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| Belknap Nunatak (USA) | 72° 30' 00.0" S | 97° 36' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 122374
Place ID: 1125
A nunatak about 6 mi WNW of Shelton Head, surmounting an ice-covered spur on the S coast of Thurston Island. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-66. Named by US-ACAN for William Belknap, field assistant at Byrd Station, 1964-65. |
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| Hovde Islands (AUS) | 69° 13' 56.6" S | 76° 52' 40.4" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1125
Place ID: 6658
Two small islands 5km north west of Hovde Island, located in southern Prydz Bay. |
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