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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| Palais Bluff (NZL) | 77° 19' 00.0" S | 166° 33' 00.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 134180
Place ID: 17108
An ice-free coastal bluff rising to over 400m between the terminus of Sheathbill Glacier and Quaternary Icefall in northwest Ross Island. The bluff overlooks Wohlschlag Bay. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME13 |
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| Palais Bluff (USA) | 77° 19' 00.0" S | 166° 33' 00.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 129798
Place ID: 17108
An ice-free coastal bluff rising to over 400 m between the terminus of Shearwater Glacier and Quaternary Icefall in NW Ross Island. The bluff overlooks Wohlschlag Bay. At the suggestion of P.R. Kyle, named by US-ACAN (2000) after Julie Palais, Program Manager for Glaciology, Office of Polar Programs, NSF. As a Ph.D. student at Ohio State University, collected snow samples and short ice core on Ross Island to examine the volcanic record. She has made many trips to Antarctica. |
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