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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| Benton Island (USA) | 77° 04' 00.0" S | 147° 53' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 122430
Place ID: 1197
An ice-covered island about 4 mi long, lying 5 mi NW of Nolan Island in Marshall Archipelago. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for William T. Benton, BM1, USN, Boatswain's Mate aboard USS Glacier along this coast, 1961-62. |
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| Lake Wilson (AUS) | 79° 49' 00.1" S | 159° 33' 00.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 1197
Place ID: 16123
An ice-covered lake, 180 m above sea level, about 7 km north-east of Diamond Hill in the Brown Hills. Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63). Named after Professor A.T. Wilson of the Victoria University of Wellington who has investigated lakes in the ice-free valleys west of McMurdo Sound. |
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