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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| Buckley Bay (AUS) | 68° 16' 00.1" S | 148° 12' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 113
Place ID: 1988
A bay, just east of the Ninnis Glacier Tongue on the coast of George V Land. Discovered in 1912 by AAE under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after George Buckley of New Zealand, a patron of the expedition. |
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| Buckley Bay (RUS) | 68° 25' 00.0" S | 148° 30' 00.0" E | Bay |
| Name ID: 117284 Place ID: 1988 | |||
| Buckley Bay (USA) | 68° 22' 00.0" S | 148° 20' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 123049
Place ID: 1988
An embayment formed between the east side of the Ninnis Glacier Tongue and the mainland. Discovered by the AAE (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for George Buckley of New Zealand, a patron of the expedition. |
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| Schmehl Peak (AUS) | 69° 34' 05.4" S | 158° 45' 36.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 1988
Place ID: 12830
A peak on the western side of the Tomilin Glacier in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after Lieut. P.W. Schmehl, USNR, navigator on US Navy aircraft during US Operation Deepfreeze 68. |
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