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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| Southern Cross Subglacial Highlands (AUS) | 71° 00' 00.0" S | 147° 00' 00.0" E | Subglacial mountains |
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Name ID: 2510
Place ID: 13749
The Subglacial Highlands are within the Australian Antarctic Territory at the north-west end of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin. They run NNE-SSW and separate the Webb Subglacial Trench from the main part of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin. Discovered and mapped by radio echo sounding by the Scott Polar Research Institute. |
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| Southern Cross Subglacial Highlands (USA) | 71° 00' 00.0" S | 147° 00' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 131943
Place ID: 13749
A group of subglacial highlands located E of Webb Subglacial Trench in the N end of Wilkes Subglacial Basin. The feature was delineated by the SPRI-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79, and was named after the Southern Cross, the expedition ship of BrAE, 1898-1900, led by Carsten E. Borchgrevink. |
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