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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| Wirth Peninsula (RUS) | 73° 27' 00.0" S | 80° 40' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
| Name ID: 121416 Place ID: 16154 | |||
| Wirth Peninsula (USA) | 73° 27' 00.0" S | 80° 40' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 133794
Place ID: 16154
A broad ice-covered peninsula, 20 mi long, between Eltanin and Fladerer Bays, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN for Capt. Laurence Wirth, commander of USNS Eltanin on Antarctic cruises, September 1966-November 1967. |
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