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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| Siple Dome (NZL) | 81° 40' 00.0" S | 148° 50' 00.0" W | Dome |
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Name ID: 114390
Place ID: 16768
Named Siple Dome because of its proximity to Siple Coast. |
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| Siple Dome (USA) | 81° 40' 00.0" S | 148° 50' 00.0" W | Dome |
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Name ID: 131647
Place ID: 16768
An ice dome approximately 100 km wide and 100 km long, located 130 km east of Siple Coast. Charles Bentley and Robert Thomas established a "strain rosette" on this feature to determine ice movement in 1973-74. They referred to the feature as Siple Dome because of its proximity to Siple Coast. |
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