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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| Wilkes Subglacial Basin (AUS) | 75° 00' 00.0" S | 145° 00' 00.0" E | Subglacial basin |
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Name ID: 2506
Place ID: 16052
The subglacial basin lies mainly with the eastern sector of the Australian Antarctic Territory but also crosses Terre Adélie into the western sector of the Australian Antarctic Territory. It extends NNE-SSW and is broken by the Southern Cross Subglacial Highlands, partly underlying Talos Dome and including the Webb Subglacial Trench. In association with Wilkes Land to the west. |
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| Wilkes Subglacial Basin (USA) | 75° 00' 00.0" S | 145° 00' 00.0" E | Basin |
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Name ID: 133706
Place ID: 16052
A large subglacial basin situated generally southward of George V Coast and westward of Prince Albert Mountains in East Antarctica. The feature was roughly delineated by U.S. seismic parties, 1958-60. Named by US-ACAN (1961) for the proximity of the western portion of this feature to Wilkes Land, and for the explorations along George V Coast by the USEE (1838-42) under Lt. Charles Wilkes, USN. |
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