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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Cagle Peaks (USA) | 79° 33' 00.0" S | 85° 28' 00.0" W | Peak |
Name ID: 123202
Place ID: 2190
A group of sharp peaks that surmount the S end of White Escarpment in the Heritage Range. Named by the University of Minnesota geological party, 1963-64, for Maj. Paul M. Cagle, commanding officer and pilot of the helicopter detachment that assisted the party in the field. |
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Point Widdows (AUS) | 67° 41' 26.7" S | 45° 23' 35.8" E | Point |
Name ID: 2190
Place ID: 16010
A point on a low, dark, rock outcrop on the coast of Enderby Land, west of Freeth Bay. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. First visited by an airborne survey party led by S.L. Kirkby in 1960. |
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