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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| Blackend Nunatak (AUS) | 79° 54' 00.0" S | 155° 00' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1765
Place ID: 1410
A prominent feature, 2,553 m above sea level, at the top of the southern arm of the Darwin Glacier. Discovered by the Darwin Glacier party of the TAE in December, 1957. Named by the Darwin Glacier party because of the sheer black cliffs of the nunatak, especially on the southern side. |
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| Branstetter Rocks (AUS) | 70° 08' 34.1" S | 72° 38' 36.6" E | Rock |
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Name ID: 2389
Place ID: 1765
A small group of rocks about 2 km ENE of Thil Island in the eastern part of the Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). |
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| Branstetter Rocks (RUS) | 70° 08' 00.0" S | 72° 37' 00.0" E | Rock |
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| Branstetter Rocks (USA) | 70° 07' 00.0" S | 72° 40' 00.0" E | Rock |
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Name ID: 122874
Place ID: 1765
A small group of rocks lying 1 mi ENE of Thil Island in the eastern part of Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by him for J.C. Branstetter, air crewman on Operation Highjump photographic flights in the area. |
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