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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| Benson Bluff (AUS) | 80° 00' 00.0" S | 157° 57' 00.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 138218
Place ID: 17025
A distinctive triangular rock bluff (c.1300 m) at the northwest side of Ragotzkie Icefall in Britannia Range. |
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| Benson Bluff (NZL) | 80° 00' 00.0" S | 157° 57' 00.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 134256
Place ID: 17025
A distinctive triangular rock bluff (c.1300 m) at the W side of Ragotzkie Icefall in Britannia Range. Named by US-ACAN after Dale P. Benson, USGS cartographer who conducted surveys at South Pole Station, 1993-94, and supported the first airborne GPS controlled photogrammetry project, which established photo control on Black Island and positioned the location of seismographic equipment on the flanks of Mount Erebus. |
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| Benson Bluff (USA) | 80° 00' 00.0" S | 157° 57' 00.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 122419
Place ID: 17025
A distinctive triangular rock bluff (c.1300 m) at the W side of Ragotzkie Icefall in Britannia Range. Named by US-ACAN after Dale P. Benson, USGS cartographer who conducted surveys at South Pole Station, 1993-94, and supported the first airborne GPS controlled photogrammetry project, which established photo control on Black Island and positioned the location of seismographic equipment on the flanks of Mount Erebus. |
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