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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| Cape Bird (NZL) | 77° 10' 00.0" S | 166° 41' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 112797
Place ID: 1353
The north-western extremity of Ross Island. Discovered and named in 1841 by Ross for Lieutenant Edward J Bird, the senior lieutenant of the Erebus, one of the two ships of Ross's expedition. |
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| Cape Bird (RUS) | 77° 10' 00.0" S | 166° 40' 00.0" E | Cape |
| Name ID: 117097 Place ID: 1353 | |||
| Cape Bird (USA) | 77° 10' 00.0" S | 166° 41' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 122545
Place ID: 1353
Cape which marks the N extremity of Ross Island. Discovered in 1841 by a British expedition under Ross, and named by him for Lt. Edward J. Bird of the ship Erebus. |
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| Mount Durnford (AUS) | 80° 58' 00.1" S | 158° 15' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1353
Place ID: 3978
A mountain about 2840 m above sea level, about 44 km west of Cape Douglas on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Captain R.F. Scott, who named it Durnford Bluff after Admiral Sir John Durnford, a Junior Naval Lord, 1901-04. The generic mount is considered more appropriate than bluff. |
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