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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| Pressure Bay (NZL) | 71° 25' 00.0" S | 169° 20' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 114147
Place ID: 11574
A small arm in the western side of Robertson Bay, lying between Cape Wood and Birthday Point, along the north coast of Victoria Land. Charted and named in 1911 by the Northern Party, led by Campbell, of the BAE, 1910-13. The Northern Party experienced great difficulty in sledging across the pressure ice fringing the shore of Robertson Bay. This pressure was caused by the Shipley Glacier descending to the sea-ice. |
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| Pressure Bay (USA) | 71° 25' 00.0" S | 169° 20' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 130340
Place ID: 11574
An arm of Robertson Bay, 3 mi wide, lying between Cape Wood and Birthday Point along the N coast of Victoria Land. Charted and named in 1911 by the Northern Party, led by Campbell, of the BrAE, 1910-13. The Northern Party experienced great difficulty in sledging across the pressure ice fringing the shore of Robertson Bay. This pressure was caused by the adjacent Shipley Glacier descending to the sea ice. |
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