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 Spur (GBR) | 82° 26' 00.0" S | 50° 38' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 107754
Place ID: 1181
rising to c. 800m on Boyd Escarpment, Dufek Massif, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964; following field work by USGS from 1965, named after David W. Bennett, of USGS, who with R. Worcester (Worcester Summit, q.v.) formed the first doppler research team at the "South Pole Station" in 1973 (APC, 1980, p.3). (USGS sheet SU 21-25/10, 1989). |
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| Bennett Spur (USA) | 82° 26' 00.0" S | 50° 38' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 122413
Place ID: 1181
A rock spur between Wujek Ridge and Cox Nunatak in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, q.v. Named by US-ACAN in 1979 after David W. Bennett who, with Robin Worcester, comprised the first of the annual USGS satellite surveying teams at the South Pole Station, winter party 1973. |
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| Grace Lake (AUS) | 68° 25' 06.2" S | 78° 27' 29.5" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 1181
Place ID: 5563
A lake at the northern part of Long Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, near the ice plateau. |
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