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
Sawert Rocks (AUS) 67° 30' 28.1" S 62° 50' 21.1" E Rock
Name ID: 2416 Place ID: 12770

A group of small islands and rocks about 6 km ENE of Azimuth Island; off the Mawson Coast of Mac.Robertson Land. Plotted from ANARE photographs.

Sawert Rocks (RUS) 67° 31' 00.0" S 62° 57' 00.0" E Rock
Name ID: 120423 Place ID: 12770

Sawert Rocks (USA) 67° 31' 00.0" S 62° 50' 00.0" E Rock
Name ID: 131229 Place ID: 12770

Group of rocks 2.5 mi ENE of Azimuth Island in the NE part of Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Plotted from photos taken from ANARE aircraft in 1958. Named by ANCA for A. Sawert, radio officer at Mawson Station in 1959.

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