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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| Abus Valley (NZL) | 79° 53' 00.0" S | 155° 05' 00.0" E | Valley |
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Name ID: 112594
Place ID: 26
An ice-free valley 3 mi SE of Turnstile Ridge at the N end of Britannia Range. Named in association with Britannia by a University of Waikato (N.Z.) geological party, 1978-79, led by M.J. Selby. Abus is a historical placename formerly used in Roman Britain. |
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| Abus Valley (USA) | 79° 53' 00.0" S | 155° 05' 00.0" E | Valley |
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Name ID: 121552
Place ID: 26
An ice-free valley 3 mi SE of Turnstile Ridge at the N end of Britannia Range. Named in association with Britannia by a University of Waikato (N.Z.) geological party, 1978-79, led by M.J. Selby. Abus is a historical placename formerly used in Roman Britain. |
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| Fram Bank (AUS) | 67° 25' 00.1" S | 69° 40' 00.1" E | Bank |
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Name ID: 26
Place ID: 4892
This submarine bank north of Mackenzie Bay. It was located by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson on 27-28 December, 1929, and extended by further observations by BANZARE in February, 1931. It was also explored by a Norwegian expedition under Lars Christensen on 4 February, 1931, and named by him after the polar ship Fram. |
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