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
Brooks Point (AUS) 66° 45' 49.9" S 108° 24' 58.9" E Point
Name ID: 2163 Place ID: 1899

A rocky point on the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land, about 11 km north-west of Mallory Point. Mapped from ANARE air photographs.

Byvågåsane (NOR) 69° 26' 00.0" S 39° 47' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 114963 Place ID: 2163

Mountain E of Byvågen, between Skarvsnes and Honnørbreen on Kronprins Olav Kyst. By=town.

Byvågåsane (RUS) 69° 26' 00.0" S 39° 47' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 117346 Place ID: 2163

Byvågåsane Peaks (USA) 69° 25' 00.0" S 39° 48' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 123183 Place ID: 2163

Three low aligned rock peaks which surmount the E shore of Byvagen Bay on the E side of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37 and named Byvagasane (the town bay peaks) in association with Byvagen Bay.

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