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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| Bennett Bluff (USA) | 75° 10' 00.0" S | 134° 30' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 122405
Place ID: 1173
A bluff (810 m) between the upper reaches of Venzke Glacier and Berry Glacier, 7 mi SSW of Perry Range, in Marie Byrd Land. The bluff has prominent rock exposures on the N wall and was first observed and photographed from aircraft of the USAS on Dec. l8, 1940. Mapped in detail by USGS, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Clarence E. Bennett, AT1, USN, Aviation Electronics Technician with Squadron VX-6 and a member of the McMurdo Station winter party, 1963. |
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| Long Lake (AUS) | 67° 00' 33.3" S | 142° 40' 01.5" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 1173
Place ID: 8606
A long thin small lake, slightly curved in shape and lying between Round Lake and Alga Lake at Cape Denison. The feature was named by Douglas Mawson during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 and appears on official maps of the expedition. |
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