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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| Cape Kinsey (AUS) | 69° 19' 02.8" S | 158° 46' 37.4" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 312
Place ID: 7547
A cape on the coast of Oates Land on the eastern side of Davies Bay. Discovered in February, 1911 from the Terra Nova of the British National Antarctic Expedition (1911-13) under Scott. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Visited by the ANARE Expedition on the MV Magga Dan led by Phillip Law in March, 1961. Named after J.J. Kinsey, who represented Scott's expedition in New Zealand. |
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| The Amphitheatre (GBR) | 68° 05' 00.0" S | 66° 33' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 107505
Place ID: 312
cirque at head of Northeast Glacier, Fallières Coast, following survey by FIDS in 1946 was named from its shape (APC, 1955, p.4; DCS 601 sheet 6866, 1955). Refugio Chacabuco , Argentine refuge established 21 November 1956 on S side of this feature and so called after the battle against the Spaniards in 1817 (Pierrou, 1970, p.281). |
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| The Amphitheatre (USA) | 68° 06' 00.0" S | 66° 34' 00.0" W | Depression |
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Name ID: 121766
Place ID: 312
Large bowl-shaped depression, 0.75 mi in diameter, at the S side of the head of Northeast Glacier on Graham Land. The feature lies adjacent to former bases of the BGLE, 1934-37, and the USAS, 1939-41, and was charted by USAS sledging parties which crossed Graham Land via Northeast Glacier and Bills Gulch. Named by the FIDS following its survey in 1946. |
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