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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| Turnpike Bluff (GBR) | 80° 44' 00.0" S | 30° 04' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 111687
Place ID: 15079
SW-most feature of Shackleton Range, rising to c.1150 m, was surveyed by TAE in December 1957 and so named because it marked the begin- ning of a badly crevassed area of Recovery Glacier through which TAE vehicles had to pass on the way to the South Pole (APC, 1962, p.32; DOS 610 sheet W 80 28/30, 1963). |
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| Turnpike Bluff (USA) | 80° 44' 00.0" S | 30° 04' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 132973
Place ID: 15079
Conspicuous rock bluff at the SW extremity of the Shackleton Range, 5 mi SW of Mount Homard. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE and so named because it marks the beginning of a badly crevassed area of Recovery Glacier through which the vehicles of the CTAE had difficulty in passing on their journey from Shackleton Base to the South Pole in 1957. |
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