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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| Anderson Lake (AUS) | 68° 36' 28.8" S | 78° 10' 18.1" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 1194
Place ID: 363
A lake about 2.3 km south-west of Ellis Rapids in the southern part of the Vestfold Hills. |
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| Bentley Crag (GBR) | 67° 17' 00.0" S | 66° 53' 00.0" W | Crag |
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Name ID: 107758
Place ID: 1194
rising to c. 1000m on Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Detaille Island", 1956-59; in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after Wilson Alwyn Bentley (1865-1931), American meteorologist and specialist in microphotography of snow and ice crystals; joint author with W.J. Humphreys (Humphreys Ice Rise, q.v.) of Snow crystals (New York, 1931) (APC, 1960, p.3; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Bentley Crag (USA) | 67° 17' 00.0" S | 66° 53' 00.0" W | Crag |
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Name ID: 122427
Place ID: 1194
A rock crag rising to c. 1,000 m N of Seue Peaks on Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land. Mapped by FIDS from surveys and air photos, 1956-59. Named by UK-APC after Wilson A. Bentley (1865-1931), American meteorologist and specialist in microphotography of snow and ice crystals; joint author with W.J. Humphreys of Snow Crystals, New York, 1931. |
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