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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| Scott Base (NZL) | 77° 50' 00.0" S | 166° 45' 00.0" E | Station |
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Name ID: 114326
Place ID: 12898
The base selected by Sir Edmund Hillary and Mr J H Miller, and established at Pram Point, on Ross Island, by the New Zealand Party of the TAE, 1956-58, in January 1957. The name suggested by Helm and adopted by the Ross Sea Committee commemorates Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who named Pram Point, and was first to explore this particular region. |
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| Scott Base (USA) | 77° 51' 00.0" S | 166° 45' 46.0" E | Station |
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Name ID: 136329
Place ID: 12898
A year-round station operated by New Zealand opened in 1957 - Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), May 18, 2006. |
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| Scott Base /N.Z./ (RUS) | 77° 51' 00.0" S | 166° 45' 00.0" E | Station |
| Name ID: 120449 Place ID: 12898 | |||
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