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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Station Nunatak (GBR) | 64° 22' 44.0" S | 57° 02' 00.0" W | Station |
Name ID: 111377
Place ID: 13955
rising to 165m SW of the SwAE station on Snow Hill Island, was surveyed by SwAE in 1902 and named Stations Nunatak (Nordenskjöld, 1911b, Karte 3). Stellen Nunataks [=station nunataks], Snow Hillnunatak, apparently also referring to this feature (Nordenskjöld, 1911b, p.98, 156). The nunatak was resurveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in September 1952. Station Nunatak (APC, 1958, p.6; DOS 610 sheet W 64 56, 1961). |
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Station Nunatak (USA) | 64° 23' 00.0" S | 57° 03' 00.0" W | Station |
Name ID: 132114
Place ID: 13955
Isolated ice-free nunatak near the N coast of Snow Hill Island in the James Ross Island group. It rises to 150 m and stands 4.5 mi SW of the E end of the island. First surveyed in 1902 by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold, who so named it because of its proximity to the expedition's winter station. |
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