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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| Altarduken (NOR) | 71° 38' 00.0" S | 11° 24' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 114790
Place ID: 270
Glacier between Altaret and Altartavla in Humboldtfjella, Wohlthatmassivet, E in Fimbulheimen. A.=the altar cloth. |
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| Altarduken Glacier (USA) | 71° 39' 00.0" S | 11° 26' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 121741
Place ID: 270
Small glacier just E of The Altar at the head of Grautskala Cirque, in the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and mapped from air photos by the GerAE, 1938-39. Remapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by the NorAE, 1956-60, and named Altarduken (the altar cloth) in association with The Altar. |
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| Cape Harrisson (AUS) | 66° 41' 16.0" S | 99° 01' 56.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 270
Place ID: 6049
An ice-covered cape at the junction of the channel of the Denman Glacier and Robinson Bay, on the coast of Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after C.T. Harrisson, a member of the expedition. |
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