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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| Black Island (NZL) | 78° 12' 00.0" S | 166° 25' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 112810
Place ID: 1397
A wedge-shaped island approximately 22km long from Cape Hodgson in the north to Cape Beck in the south, and 16km wide from Row Nunataks in the west to Cape Spirit in the east, projecting through the ice shelf between Brown and White Islands. It forms a contrast to White Island, which is almost hidden by snow, because it is kept almost entirely snow-free due to its being sheltered from the prevailing wind by Minna Bluff. Its chief characteristic is the large extent of low land surrounding the group of old craters which rise to a height of 1041m at Mount Aurora |
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| Black Island (RUS) | 78° 12' 00.0" S | 166° 20' 00.0" E | Island |
| Name ID: 117110 Place ID: 1397 | |||
| Black Island (USA) | 78° 12' 00.0" S | 166° 25' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 122575
Place ID: 1397
An island in the Ross Archipelago, 12 mi long, projecting through the Ross Ice Shelf to a height of 1,040 meters. Discovered by the BrNAE (1901-04) and named by them for its appearance. The island is largely ice free and principally composed of black volcanic rock. |
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| Mount Hay (AUS) | 71° 04' 48.0" S | 65° 39' 33.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1397
Place ID: 6151
A mountain about 33 km ENE of Mount Hicks in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1960. Named after Dr. M. Hay, medical officer and Officer-in-Charge at Davis in 1961. |
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