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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| Witches Cauldron (GBR) | 69° 58' 00.0" S | 69° 44' 00.0" W | Basin |
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Name ID: 111979
Place ID: 16168
ice-filled basin on W side of Mount Egbert, Douglas Range, N Alexander Island, was seen from the air and roughly mapped by BGLE, 1 February 1937 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); photographed from the air by RARE in 1947, mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959, and named descriptively ([in 69°56'S 60°49'W] APC, 1961, p.4; DOS 610 sheet W 6968, 1963; [co ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of January 1974] APC, 1977, p.36; BAS 250P sheet SR 19 20/5 (Ext.), 1 DOS 1978). |
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| Witches Cauldron (USA) | 69° 56' 00.0" S | 69° 49' 00.0" W | Basin |
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Name ID: 133806
Place ID: 16168
Ice-filled basin on the W side of the Douglas Range, immediately W of Mount Egbert in the N part of Alexander Island. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by the BGLE in 1937. More accurately mapped from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by the UK-APC for the feature's kettle-like shape. |
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