SCAR Composite Gazetteer

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
Bernhardi Heights (GBR)	80° 20' 00.0" S	25° 00' 00.0" W	Heights
Name ID: 107771 Place ID: 1241 rising to c. 1220m on E side of Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range, were photographed from the air by USN in 1967 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from Halley, 1968-71; in association with the names of glacial geologists grouped in this area, named after Reinhard Bernhardi, German geologist, who in 1832 first recognized the moraines and erratics of north Germany as evidence of a former S extension of the Arctic ice sheet (APC, 1974, p.3; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978).
Bernhardi Heights (USA)	80° 20' 00.0" S	25° 00' 00.0" W	Heights
Name ID: 122461 Place ID: 1241 A line of heights (1,220 m), snow-covered to E but with a west-facing rock escarpment, rising E of Schimper Glacier in the Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by BAS, 1968-71. In association with the names of glacial geologists grouped in this area, named by the UK-APC in 1971 after Reinhard Bernhardi, German geologist, who in 1832 first recognized the moraines and erratics of north Germany as evidence of a former south extension of the Arctic ice sheet.
Snake Lake (AUS)	68° 35' 51.7" S	78° 04' 49.1" E	Water body
Name ID: 1241 Place ID: 13559 This lake in the Vestfold Hills has a prominent "snake" shaped moraine on the northern side.

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