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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| Blacksand Beach (NZL) | 77° 33' 00.0" S | 166° 08' 00.0" E | Beach |
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Name ID: 112816
Place ID: 1414
See Black Beach. |
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| Blacksand Beach (USA) | 77° 33' 00.0" S | 166° 08' 00.0" E | Beach |
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Name ID: 122592
Place ID: 1414
A beach formed of black volcanic sand at Cape Royds, Ross Island, about 0.5 mi northward of Flagstaff Point. The descriptive name was given by members of the BrAE, 1907-09, who found the beach within safe walking distance of their base hut near Flagstaff Point. |
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| Mount Lacey (AUS) | 70° 11' 40.9" S | 64° 42' 07.6" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1414
Place ID: 7985
A high, pyramidal brown rock 2,059 m above sea level in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. It has steep sides and two prominent sharp peaks; there is little snow or ice cover above the general plateau-ice level. Sighted by an ANARE party led by John Béchervaise on 27 November, 1955, and plotted by R.H. Lacey, surveyor, at Mawson in 1955, after whom it was named. |
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