Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Caughley Beach (NZL) | 77° 14' 00.0" S | 166° 25' 00.0" E | Beach |
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Name ID: 112956
Place ID: 2422
The northernmost beach on the ice-free coast-line of Cape Bird. Behind it there is an ice-covered end-moraine of the Mt Bird ice cap which here descends to sea-level. The northernmost of the three Adelie Penguin rookeries in the Cape Bird district is situated on the beach and on the slopes of the end-moraine. A survey station at the southern end of the end-moraine was established by the USNHO surveyors in 1956. It was visited in January 1959 an marked by a prominent rock cairn, by a party from the NZGSAE, 1958-59. Named by this party for Graeme Caughley, biologist and member of the party who visited Cape Bird. |
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| Caughley Beach (USA) | 77° 14' 00.0" S | 166° 25' 00.0" E | Beach |
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Name ID: 123382
Place ID: 2422
The northernmost beach on the ice-free coast SW of Cape Bird, Ross Island. Mapped by the NZGSAE, 1958-59, and named for Graeme Caughley, biologist with the party that visited Cape Bird. |
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| Marble Rock (AUS) | 67° 36' 36.0" S | 62° 50' 25.8" E | Rock |
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Name ID: 2422
Place ID: 8974
A rock outcrop at the edge of the ice cliff about 1.5 km WSW of Mawson. It is about 60 m long and 15-30 m wide and has a rounded top caused by glaciation. |
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