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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| Cape Bruce (AUS) | 67° 25' 36.5" S | 60° 47' 40.9" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 253
Place ID: 1940
The northern tip of a small island separated from the mainland rocks just west of Taylor Glacier, Mac.Robertson Land, by a shallow channel. Discovered by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson. A landing was made there on 18 February, 1931. |
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| Cape Bruce (USA) | 67° 25' 00.0" S | 60° 47' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 123012
Place ID: 1940
The N tip of a small island lying at the E side of Oom Bay, separated from the mainland rocks just W of Taylor Glacier. A landing was made there on Feb. 18, 1931, by the BANZARE under Mawson. Named by Mawson for Rt. Hon. S.M. Bruce (later Lord Bruce) Prime Minister of Australia, 1923-29. |
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| Terminal Peak (AUS) | 75° 52' 59.9" S | 158° 25' 59.9" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 1940
Place ID: 14541
A high peak discovered by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1962-63) and so named because it marked the western limit of their journey. |
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