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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| Vance Bluff (AUS) | 81° 28' 59.9" S | 156° 55' 00.1" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 188
Place ID: 15310
A small ice-covered eminence, about 2,360 m above sea level, about 33 km south-east of Wilhoite Nunataks. The flat summit of the feature merges with the ice sheet to the north and west but there is a steep cliff on the southern side. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. |
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| Vance Bluff (NZL) | 81° 49' 05.4" S | 156° 57' 16.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 139481
Place ID: 15310
A small ice-covered eminence, approximately 2400m above sea level, 34km southeast of Wilhoite Nunataks. The flat summit of the feature merges with the ice sheet to the north and west but there is a steep cliff on the southern side. |
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| Vance Bluff (USA) | 81° 49' 00.0" S | 156° 55' 00.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 133139
Place ID: 15310
A small ice-covered eminence near the polar plateau, 10 mi N of Laird Plateau. Its flat summit merges with the ice sheet to the north and west, but there is a steep cliff along the south side. Named by US-ACAN for the USS Vance, ocean station ship in support of aircraft flights between New Zealand and McMurdo Sound during USN OpDFrz 1962. |
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