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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| Cirque Fjord (AUS) | 67° 18' 03.0" S | 58° 43' 29.0" E | Fjord |
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Name ID: 420
Place ID: 2703
A fjord on the southern side of Law Promontory. The area was first visited by an ANARE party led by Peter W Crone in 1956. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Botnfjorden (The Cirque Fjord). |
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| Cirque Fjord (USA) | 67° 18' 00.0" S | 58° 39' 00.0" E | Cirque |
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Name ID: 123573
Place ID: 2703
Ice-filled inlet on the S side of Law Promontory opening into Stefansson Bay in Enderby Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Botnfjorden (the cirque fjord). Seen by an ANARE party in 1956. The translated form of the name recommended by ANCA has been approved. |
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