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 Christie (NZL) | 72° 18' 00.0" S | 170° 01' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 112989
Place ID: 2662
A cape about 10 miles north of Cape Hallett which forms the southern point of Moubray Bay in Victoria Land. Discovered on 15 January 1841 by Ross and named for Professor Samuel Hunter Christie, of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, England. |
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| Cape Christie (USA) | 72° 18' 00.0" S | 170° 01' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 123546
Place ID: 2662
A cape situated 5 mi WNW of Cape Hallett, marking the W side of the entrance to Edisto Inlet on the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered, Jan. 15, 1841, by Sir James Clark Ross and named for Prof. Samuel Hunter Christie, of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. |
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