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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| Spooner Bay (AUS) | 67° 37' 00.1" S | 46° 15' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 140
Place ID: 13858
A bay on the coast of Enderby Land, just west of Tange Promontory. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Visited by the ANARE Expedition on the MV Thala Dan led by D.F. Styles in February 1961. Named after Senator W.H. Spooner, Australian Minister for National Development, 1951-64. |
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| Spooner Bay (RUS) | 67° 36' 00.0" S | 46° 15' 00.0" E | Bay |
| Name ID: 120738 Place ID: 13858 | |||
| Spooner Bay (USA) | 67° 36' 00.0" S | 46° 15' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 132035
Place ID: 13858
Bay 6 mi wide on the coast of Enderby Land, lying 12 mi E of Freeth Bay in Alasheyev Bight. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE in 1956. First visited by the ANARE (Thala Dan) under D.F. Styles in February 1961 and named for Sen. W.H. Spooner, then Australian Minister of National Development. |
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