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
Bystrov Rock (USA) 71° 47' 00.0" S 12° 35' 00.0" E Rock
Name ID: 123182 Place ID: 2162

Prominent rock lying 1 mi SSE of Isdalsegga Ridge in Sudliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. Mapped from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60; remapped by SovAE, 1960-61, and named after Soviet paleontologist A.P. Bystrov.

Bystrova, skala (RUS) 71° 47' 00.0" S 12° 34' 00.0" E Rock
Name ID: 117345 Place ID: 2162

Bystrovnabben (NOR) 71° 47' 00.0" S 12° 35' 30.0" E Rock
Name ID: 114962 Place ID: 2162

Small nunatak S of Isdalsegga in Søre Petermannkjeda, SE in Wohlthatmassivet, Fimbulheimen. After Aleksei Petrovich Bystrov, Russian paleontologist.

Clark Point (AUS) 66° 33' 00.0" S 123° 55' 00.1" E Point
Name ID: 2162 Place ID: 2723

An ice-covered point on the headland at the eastern side of Pauling Bay, Banzare Coast, Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named by USACAN after G W Clark, midshipman on the sloop Peacock, one of the ships of the US Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Lieut. (later Rear Admiral) C Wilkes, USN.

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