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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Bender Mountains (RUS) | 85° 31' 00.0" S | 140° 12' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 117050 Place ID: 1160 | |||
Bender Mountains (USA) | 85° 31' 00.0" S | 140° 12' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 122394
Place ID: 1160
Small group of mountains 4 mi SW of Berry Peaks, between the SE edge of the Ross Ice Shelf and Watson Escarpment. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and USN air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Leslie C. Bender, USN, aircraft commander at McMurdo Station, 1962-63 and 1963-64. |
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Camp Lake (AUS) | 68° 32' 34.8" S | 78° 05' 00.0" E | Water body |
Name ID: 1160
Place ID: 2236
A small oval lake about 183 m long, approximately 7 km north-east of Davis station in the Vestfold Hills. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). |
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