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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Bunner Glacier (USA) | 74° 28' 00.0" S | 110° 40' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 123090
Place ID: 2050
A glacier in the NE part of Bear Peninsula, flowing to the sea along the SE side of Gurnon Peninsula, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by US-ACAN for Sgt. Donald R. Bunner, a member of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment in Antarctica during USN OpDFrz 1965 and 1966. |
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Wall Peak (AUS) | 71° 03' 08.1" S | 65° 22' 22.2" E | Peak |
Name ID: 2050
Place ID: 15687
The largest of three sharply defined peaks south- east of Husky Massif and about 30 km east of Mount Hicks in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1960. Named after B.H. Wall, ionosphere physicist at Wilkes in 1960. |
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