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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| Acarospora Peak (NZL) | 86° 20' 14.9" S | 148° 26' 56.1" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 140008
Place ID: 29
A peak 2km northeast of, and only slightly below the elevation of Mount Czegka, at the southwest end of Watson Escarpment, Scott Glacier. |
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| Acarospora Peak (USA) | 86° 21' 00.0" S | 148° 28' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 121554
Place ID: 29
A peak 1 mi NE of, and only slightly below the elevation of Mount Czegka, located at the SW end of Watson Escarpment. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by NZ-APC on suggestion of NZGSAE Scott Glacier Party, 1969-70, because the lichen Acarospora emergens Dodge was found on the peak. |
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| Storegg Bank (AUS) | 67° 10' 00.0" S | 64° 35' 00.0" E | Bank |
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Name ID: 29
Place ID: 14081
A submarine bank about 45 km off the Mawson Coast of Mac.Robertson Land. The bank was discovered on 9 January 1934 by the Norwegian whale factory ship Solglimt, which found the bottom shelved steeply from 5,100 to 310 m. It was thought that there was a large edge there to which was given the name Storeggen (The Great Ridge). |
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