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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| West Antarctica (USA) | 79° 00' 00.0" S | 100° 00' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 133575
Place ID: 15898
One of the two major regions of Antarctica, lying on the Pacific Ocean side of the Transantarctic Mountains and comprising Marie Byrd Land, Ellsworth Land, and Antarctic Peninsula. All of West Antarctica lies within the Western Hemisphere. The name has been in existence more than 90 years (Balch, 1902; Nordenskjold, 1905), but its greatest use followed the International Geophysical Year (1957-58) and explorations disclosing that the Transantarctic Mountains provide a useful regional separation of West Antarctica and East Antarctica. The name was approved by US-ACAN in 1962. |
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| West Antarctica (or Lesser Antarctica) (GBR) | 80° 00' 00.0" S | 90° 00' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 111889
Place ID: 15898
The minor region of Antarctica lying in the sector on the Pacific Ocean side of the Transantarctic Mountains. |
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