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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| Cape Wood (NZL) | 71° 24' 00.0" S | 169° 18' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 114758
Place ID: 16204
The southern extremity of Flat Island, at the western entrance to Robertson Bay, in Victoria Land. Discovered om January 1841 by Ross, and named by him for Charles Wood, Esquire, First Secretary to the Admiralty. |
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| Cape Wood (RUS) | 71° 20' 00.0" S | 169° 05' 00.0" E | Cape |
| Name ID: 121430 Place ID: 16204 | |||
| Cape Wood (USA) | 71° 24' 00.0" S | 169° 18' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 133840
Place ID: 16204
A point marking the E extremity of Flat Island at the western entrance to Robertson Bay, Victoria Land. Discovered in Jan. 1841 by Capt. James Ross, RN, and named by him for Charles Wood, Esq., First Secretary to the Admiralty. |
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