Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Cape Waite (RUS) | 72° 50' 00.0" S | 103° 24' 00.0" W | Cape |
| Name ID: 121284 Place ID: 15648 | |||
| Cape Waite (USA) | 72° 42' 00.0" S | 103° 03' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 133356
Place ID: 15648
Cape at the NW extremity of King Peninsula, marking the SW side of the entrance to Peacock Sound. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for Amory H. Waite, member of the ByrdAE, 1933-35, and communications specialist on the Atka vovage of 1955 and the USN Bellingshausen Sea Expedition of 1959-60. |
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