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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| Tange Promontory (AUS) | 67° 27' 00.0" S | 46° 45' 00.0" E | Promontory |
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Name ID: 2227
Place ID: 14416
A promontory on the coast of Enderby Land, just west of Casey Bay. Plotted from air photographs taken from an ANARE aircraft in November, 1956. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in February, 1957. Astronomical control obtained by S.L. Kirkby in 1960. Visited by the ANARE Expedition on the MV Thala Dan led by Don F. Styles in February, 1961. Named after Sir Arthur Tange, Secretary of the Australian Department of External Affairs, 1954-65. |
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| Tange Promontory (RUS) | 67° 30' 00.0" S | 46° 40' 00.0" E | Promontory |
| Name ID: 120896 Place ID: 14416 | |||
| Tange Promontory (USA) | 67° 27' 00.0" S | 46° 45' 00.0" E | Promontory |
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Name ID: 132465
Place ID: 14416
An ice-covered peninsula just W of Casey Bay on the coast of Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken from an ANARE aircraft in November 1956. Mapped by the SovAE in February 1957. Named by ANCA for Sir Arthur Tange, Secretary of the Australian Department of External Affairs, 1954-65. |
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