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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| Cape Waldron (AUS) | 66° 28' 47.0" S | 115° 05' 22.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 296
Place ID: 15668
An ice-covered cape between the Budd Coast and the Sabrina Coast of Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named Cape Waldron after R.R. Waldron, purser of the Vincennes, sloop of the US Exploring Expedition (1938-42) under Wilkes. |
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| Cape Waldron (USA) | 66° 34' 00.0" S | 115° 33' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 133375
Place ID: 15668
An ice-covered cape just westward of Totten Glacier. Delineated by G.D. Blodgett (1955) from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by US-ACAN for R.R. Waldron, purser on the sloop Vincennes of the USEE (1838-42) under Lt. Charles Wilkes. |
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