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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| Swyers Point (NZL) | 78° 09' 46.9" S | 165° 09' 05.0" E | Point |
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Name ID: 114491
Place ID: 16907
An ice-free point on the west side of Brown Peninsula, Scott Coast, that marks the northern extent of Bellafronto Bight. |
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| Swyers Point (USA) | 78° 10' 00.0" S | 165° 08' 00.0" E | Point |
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Name ID: 132423
Place ID: 16907
An ice-free point on the W side of Brown Peninsula, Scott Coast, that marks the N extent of Bellafronto Bight. Named by US-ACAN (1999) after Lt. Cdr. H.M. Swyers, USN, a public works officer at McMurdo Station in USN OpDFrz 1976 and 1977. |
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