Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Boyd Escarpment (GBR) | 82° 26' 00.0" S | 50° 30' 00.0" W | Escarpment |
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Name ID: 107903
Place ID: 1708
rising to c. 1000m and extending NE from Davis Valley, Dufek Massif, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964; following field work by USGS from 1965, named after Walter W. Boyd, Jr, USARP glaciologist, "Little America", winter 1957; geologist, USGS, for three summers, 1962-66, in Pensacola Mountains (APC, 1980, p.3). (USGS sheet SU 21-25/10, 1969). |
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| Boyd Escarpment (USA) | 82° 26' 00.0" S | 50° 30' 00.0" W | Escarpment |
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Name ID: 122823
Place ID: 1708
A rock and snow escarpment which extends NE for 10 mi from Wujek Ridge and includes Bennett Spur, Cox Nunatak and Rankine Rock, in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, q.v. Named in 1979 by US-ACAN after Walter W. Boyd, Jr., U.S. IGY glaciologist who wintered at Little America, 1957; geologist, USGS, for three summers in the Pensacola Mountains, 1962-66. |
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| Skarvet Nunatak (AUS) | 66° 25' 59.9" S | 53° 45' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1708
Place ID: 13384
A nunatak about 1300 m above sea level, about 7.4 km west of Mount Bride in Enderby Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition 91936-37) and called Skarvet (The Naked Rock) by Norwegian cartographers. |
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