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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| Ameghino Gully (GBR) | 64° 27' 00.0" S | 58° 58' 00.0" W | Gully |
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Name ID: 107501
Place ID: 288
Gully extending E-W through outcrops on W side of Longing Peninsula, Nordenskjöld Coast. Geological type locality for the Ameghino Member, Nordenskjöld Formation (Upper Jurassic), and the most important of several gullies in the area. The name derives from the Argentine Refugio Ameghino, situated nearby, and named after Florentino Ameghino (1854-1911), Argentine geologist and anthropologist; Director, Museum of Natural History, Buenos Aires, 1902-11 (GBR gaz. 1993). |
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| Ameghino Gully (USA) | 64° 28' 00.0" S | 58° 38' 00.0" W | Gully |
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Name ID: 121750
Place ID: 288
A gully running E-W through the outcrops on the W side of Longing Peninsula, Nordenskjold Coast. The name derives from "Refugio Ameghino," the Argentine refuge situated on the SW side of Longing Gap and named in turn after Florentino Ameghino (1854-1911), Argentine geologist and anthropologist; Director, Museum of Natural History, Buenos Aires, 1902-11. Named by the UK-APC in 1990. |
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| Cape Batterbee (AUS) | 65° 50' 21.0" S | 53° 48' 06.2" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 288
Place ID: 1001
A small, rocky point on the coast, the most northerly cape of Enderby Land. Discovered by BANZARE (1929-31) on 13 January, 1930. Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Sir Henry Fagg Batterbee, Assistant Secretary of the Dominions Office, London, at the time of the expedition. |
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