Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Casey (AUS) | 66° 16' 56.0" S | 110° 31' 36.0" E | Station |
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Name ID: 2496
Place ID: 2382
A scientific station on the northern part of Bailey Peninsula, Budd Coast about 3 km south of the abandoned Wilkes station. Construction of Old Casey station commenced in January, 1965 and was continued, mainly during summer visits, until February, 1969, when the station was opened and activities were transferred from Wilkes station. The sixteen buildings of the present Casey Station were officially opened in December 1988. The previous tunnel Station was finally decommissioned, demolished and returned to Australia in March 1989. |
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| Casey /Austral./ (RUS) | 66° 17' 00.0" S | 110° 32' 00.0" E | Station |
| Name ID: 117390 Place ID: 2382 | |||
| Casey Station (USA) | 66° 17' 00.0" S | 110° 31' 10.0" E | Station |
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Name ID: 135917
Place ID: 2382
A year-round station operated by Australia opened in 1969 - Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), May 18, 2006. |
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| Reist Rocks (AUS) | 66° 30' 37.8" S | 107° 23' 24.6" E | Rock |
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Name ID: 2382
Place ID: 12016
A small group of coastal rocks projecting above the continental ice on Knox Coast, Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Wilbur H. Reist, a member of the USN Operation Windmill (1947-48). |
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