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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| Williams Rocks (AUS) | 67° 26' 20.8" S | 62° 47' 11.4" E | Rock |
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Name ID: 2430
Place ID: 16088
A group of rocks about 19 km NNW of Mawson. The rocks were mapped by Robert G. Dovers, officer-in-charge at Mawson in 1954. They were fixed by triangulation carried out by D.R. Carstens, surveyor at Mawson in 1962. |
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| Williams Rocks (RUS) | 67° 26' 00.0" S | 62° 46' 00.0" E | Rock |
| Name ID: 121397 Place ID: 16088 | |||
| Williams Rocks (USA) | 67° 26' 00.0" S | 62° 46' 00.0" E | Rock |
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Name ID: 133735
Place ID: 16088
Group of rocks 9 mi N of Flat Islands and Holme Bay, off the coast of Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by R.G. Dovers of ANARE in 1954. Named by ANCA for J. Williams, assistant diesel mechanic at Mawson Station in 1962, who assisted in a triangulation of the rocks and the erection of a beacon. |
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