Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Britannia Range (AUS) | 80° 00' 00.0" S | 158° 00' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 2238
Place ID: 1867
A range of mountains lying to the north of Barne Inlet, westward of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott. Named after HMS Britannia, a naval college in England, which had been attended by many officers of Scott's Expedition. |
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| Britannia Range (NZL) | 80° 05' 00.0" S | 158° 00' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 112876
Place ID: 1867
A range of mountains, lying between the Cape Murray depression and Barne Inlet, westward of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the NAE, 1901-04, by the Southern Polar Party in 1902. Surveyed in 1903 by Lieutenant Michale Barne, RN, and Sub-Lieutenant George FA Mulock, RN, members of this expedition. Named after HMS Britannia, the well known naval college in England which had been attended by many officers of Scott's expedition. |
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| Britannia Range (RUS) | 79° 45' 00.0" S | 154° 00' 00.0" E | Range |
| Name ID: 117249 Place ID: 1867 | |||
| Britannia Range (USA) | 80° 05' 00.0" S | 158° 00' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 122950
Place ID: 1867
A range of mountains bounded by the Hatherton and Darwin Glaciers on the north and the Byrd Glacier on the south, westward of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the BrNAE (1901-04) under Scott. Named after HMS Britannia, a vessel utilized as a naval college in England, which had been attended by several officers of Scott's expedition. |
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| Icefall Nunatak (AUS) | 78° 18' 00.0" S | 158° 37' 59.9" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1867
Place ID: 6846
A prominent, ice-free nunatak, 1,760 m high, just south of the main flow of the Skelton Icefalls. Plotted from aerial photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN because of its proximity to Skelton Icefalls. |
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