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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| Coalseam Cliffs (GBR) | 79° 10' 00.0" S | 28° 50' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 108241
Place ID: 2787
rising to c. 2500m N of Mount Faraway, Theron Mountains, were surveyed by TAE in 1956-57 and so named from the coal seam found there, after a landing by Otter aircraft in January 1957 (APC, 1962, p.9; DOS 610 sheet W 79 28/30, 1963). |
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| Coalseam Cliffs (USA) | 79° 10' 00.0" S | 28° 50' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 123649
Place ID: 2787
Rock cliffs forming the NW part of Mount Faraway in the Theron Mountains. First mapped in 1956-57 by the CTAE. So named because a coal seam was found when members of the CTAE made an aircraft landing there in 1957. |
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