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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| Cape Charcot (AUS) | 66° 26' 28.0" S | 98° 23' 07.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 258
Place ID: 2537
A rocky point at the north-east end of the Melba Peninsula in Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). |
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| Cape Charcot (RUS) | 66° 26' 00.0" S | 98° 24' 00.0" E | Cape |
| Name ID: 117418 Place ID: 2537 | |||
| Cape Charcot (USA) | 66° 26' 00.0" S | 98° 30' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 123468
Place ID: 2537
Rocky point at the NE end of Melba Peninsula, 3 mi W of David Island. Discovered by the AAE under Mawson, 1911-14, who named it for Dr. Jean B. Charcot, French Antarctic explorer. |
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| Hidden Valley (AUS) | 68° 36' 55.1" S | 78° 27' 05.4" E | Valley |
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Name ID: 2537
Place ID: 6354
An elongated valley in the Vestfold Hills, 1.3 km long and 200 m wide trending SE to NW and draining an area of the northern side of the Sxrsdal Glacier. It flows into "Hidden Gorge" via a 900 bend to the north and thence to Crooked Lake. The floor has superb polygonal patterned ground. |
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