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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| Saunders Coast (NZL) | 77° 45' 00.0" S | 150° 00' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 114314
Place ID: 12756
That portion of the coast of the Antarctic Continent lying to the north of King Edward VII Land, from Cape Colbeck to the cape at the north side of the entrance to Paul Block Bay. Named for Captain Harold E Saunders, a classmate and lifelong friend of Rear-Admiral Ricahrd E Byrd, who compiled maps of the Byrd and other Antarctic Expeditions, and was Chairman of the US ACAN. |
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| Saunders Coast (RUS) | 77° 30' 00.0" S | 152° 00' 00.0" W | Coast |
| Name ID: 120416 Place ID: 12756 | |||
| Saunders Coast (USA) | 77° 45' 00.0" S | 150° 00' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 131215
Place ID: 12756
That portion of the coast of Marie Byrd Land between Cape Colbeck and Brennan Point. This coast was explored from the air on Dec. 5, 1929, by the ByrdAE (1928-30) and was first mapped from aerial photographs obtained on that flight by Capt. Harold E. Saunders, USN (Saunders Mountain, q.v.), for whom the coast is named. The USGS completely mapped the coast from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. |
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