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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| Ablation Lake (GBR) | 70° 49' 00.0" S | 68° 26' 00.0" W | Water body |
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Name ID: 107428
Place ID: 16
a pro-glacial tidal lake in Ablation Valley (q.v.), Alexander Island, with stratified saline and fresh water, and dammed in its upper part by George VI Ice Shelf, was named in association with the valley and following limnological research by BAS from 1973 (APC, 1980, p.3; Clapperton and Sugden, 1983, map Fig. 2). |
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| Ablation Lake (USA) | 70° 49' 00.0" S | 68° 26' 00.0" W | Water body |
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Name ID: 121544
Place ID: 16
A pro-glacial tidal lake in Ablation Valley, Alexander Island, with stratified saline and fresh water and depths exceeding 117 meters. The feature is dammed in the upper portion by ice that pushes into the lake from the adjacent George VI Ice Shelf. Named after the valley following BAS limnological research from 1973. |
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| Radok Automatic Weather Station (AUS) | 71° 36' 00.0" S | 111° 15' 00.0" E | AWS |
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Name ID: 16
Place ID: 11821
The automatic weather station (formerly known as G041) was established in October 1984. It is located at an elevation of 2790 m. |
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