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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Chappell Nunataks (AUS) | 82° 18' 00.0" S | 158° 12' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
Name ID: 1734
Place ID: 2528
A group of nunataks about 6 km west of Cobham Range. Discovered by the NZ Geological Expedition (1964-65). Named after J Chappell, a geologist with the expedition. |
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Chappell Nunataks (USA) | 82° 18' 00.0" S | 158° 12' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
Name ID: 123462
Place ID: 2528
Group of nunataks 3 mi W of the central part of the Cobham Range. Named by the NZGSAE (1964-65) for J. Chappell, geologist with the expedition. |
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Low Tongue (AUS) | 67° 33' 05.4" S | 61° 59' 23.9" E | Tongue |
Name ID: 2528
Place ID: 8678
A tongue of rock about 12 m high projecting from the continental ice edge for about 165 m situated about 44 km west of Mawson. Plotted by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Lagtangen (Low Tongue). First visited by ANARE western parties in 1954-55. |
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