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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| Cairn Ridge (GBR) | 82° 35' 00.0" S | 52° 50' 00.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 108054
Place ID: 2196
rising to 1010m on N side of Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, was surveyed by a US traverse party from "Ellsworth Station" in 1957 and photographed from the air by USN in 1964; named from the cairn erected on the summit in 1957 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/7, 1969; APC, 1974, p.3). |
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| Cairn Ridge (USA) | 82° 35' 00.0" S | 52° 50' 00.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 123207
Place ID: 2196
A rock ridge adjoining the N side of Dufek Massil, 2 mi NE of Hannah Peak, in the Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. A cairn was erected on this ridge during a visit in December 1957 by the US-IGY traverse party from Ellsworth Station. |
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| Landmark Point (AUS) | 67° 31' 22.2" S | 63° 56' 01.9" E | Point |
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Name ID: 2196
Place ID: 8073
A rocky point on the Mawson Coast of Mac.Robertson Land about one mile ESE of Safety Island. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956. Visited by ANARE parties in 1962 and 1965. From this point access to the plateau is possible. It is almost due south of Auster Rookery and affords an excellent landmark if approaching the penguin colony along the coast from Mawson. |
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