Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Breidnes Peninsula (USA) | 68° 34' 00.0" S | 78° 10' 00.0" E | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 122906
Place ID: 1814
A rocky peninsula, 13 mi long and 5 mi wide, between Ellis Fjord and Langnes Fjord in the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and named Breidneset (the broad ness). |
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| Breidneset (RUS) | 68° 34' 00.0" S | 78° 10' 00.0" E | Peninsula |
| Name ID: 117239 Place ID: 1814 | |||
| Broad Peninsula (AUS) | 68° 34' 01.2" S | 78° 11' 55.3" E | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 2089
Place ID: 1814
A rocky peninsula extending west from the main section of the Vestfold Hills on Ingrid Christensen Coast. |
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| McGrath Nunatak (AUS) | 68° 03' 03.4" S | 63° 00' 13.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1814
Place ID: 9278
The most westerly of the Anniversary Nunataks in Mac.Robertson Land. The feature is a ridge extending about 1.5 km in a north-south direction. It was used as a trigonometrical station by Max J. Corry, surveyor at Mawson in 1965. Named after P.J. McGrath, radio officer at Mawson in 1965, who assisted in the Framnes Mountains - Depot Peak trigonometrical survey carried out by ANARE in 1965. P.J. McGrath, radio officer at Mawson in 1965. |
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