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 Wild (AUS) | 68° 23' 54.6" S | 149° 08' 55.1" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 295
Place ID: 16040
A prominent rocky cape about 57 km east of the Ninnis Glacier on the Coast of George V Land. Plotted by the eastern coastal party of AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after F. Wild, a member of the expedition and leader of the Western Base Party in Queen Mary Land. |
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| Cape Wild (RUS) | 68° 22' 00.0" S | 149° 49' 00.0" E | Cape |
| Name ID: 121380 Place ID: 16040 | |||
| Cape Wild (USA) | 68° 23' 00.0" S | 149° 07' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 133695
Place ID: 16040
A prominent rock cape on the eastern end of the Organ Pipe Cliffs. This may be the cape viewed from the ship superior mirage, by the USEE under Lt. Charles Wilkes, Jan. 19, 1840. Wilkes applied the name "Point Emmons" for Lt. George F. Emmons of the Vincennes. The cape was accurately positioned by the AAE (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Frank Wild, a member of the expedition and leader of the AAE Western Base Party. |
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