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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Queen Mary Land (AUS) | 67° 00' 00.0" S | 96° 00' 00.0" E | Land |
Name ID: 1288
Place ID: 18310
The sector of Antarctica between Cape Filchner at 91 degrees 58' E and Cape Hordern in the Bunger Hills at 100 degrees 28' E. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after HM Queen Mary, wife of HM King George V. |
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