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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| Polar Bear Point (NZL) | 77° 48' 57.3" S | 166° 51' 05.0" E | Point |
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Name ID: 134183
Place ID: 17113
An ice-covered point 2.4km southeast of Castle Rock on the east side of Hut Point Peninsula. Ross Island. Sheppard Crater with a notable breach crater stands at the base on the point, but no rock is exposed on the point which is well defined and elevated at the juncture with McMurdo Ice Shelf. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF13 |
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| Polar Bear Point (USA) | 77° 49' 00.0" S | 166° 51' 00.0" E | Point |
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Name ID: 130221
Place ID: 17113
An ice-covered point 1.2 mi SE of Castle Rock on the E side of Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island. A breached crater stands 0.7 mi NNW, but no rock is exposed on the point which is well defined and elevated at the juncture with McMurdo Ice Shelf. The name is allusive; when viewed from the W, the appearance of the point is suggestive of the head, neck, and fore part of an Arctic polar bear. Named by US-ACAN, 2000. |
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