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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| Windless Bay (RUS) | 77° 45' 00.0" S | 167° 30' 00.0" E | Bay |
| Name ID: 121411 Place ID: 16130 | |||
| Windless Bight (NZL) | 77° 42' 00.0" S | 167° 40' 00.0" E | Bight |
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Name ID: 114742
Place ID: 16130
The bight between Sultans Head Rock and Terror Point on the south side of Ross Island. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF14 |
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| Windless Bight (USA) | 77° 42' 00.0" S | 167° 40' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 133774
Place ID: 16130
The prominent bight indenting the S side of Ross Island eastward of Hut Point Peninsula. Named by the Winter Journey Party, led by Wilson, of the BrAE (1910-13), which encountered no wind in this area. |
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