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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| Archer Point (AUS) | 69° 11' 11.3" S | 157° 37' 17.7" E | Point |
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Name ID: 2186
Place ID: 462
A rocky cape on the coast of Oates Land, about 9 km west of Williamson Head. Discovered in February, 1911, by Lieut. H.L.L. Pennell, RN, in the Terra Nova, expedition ship of the British National Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) under Scott. Named after W.W. Archer, chief steward of the expedition. |
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| Cady Nunatak (USA) | 77° 13' 00.0" S | 142° 51' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 123199
Place ID: 2186
A nunatak 3 mi E of Mount Zeigler in the NE part of the Allegheny Mountains, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Frederick M. Cady, USARP ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station, 1968. |
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