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 Cuff (RUS) | 76° 59' 00.0" S | 162° 20' 00.0" E | Cape |
| Name ID: 117579 Place ID: 3191 | |||
| Cuff Cape (NZL) | 76° 59' 00.0" S | 162° 21' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 113086
Place ID: 3191
A dark rock point which emerges from the ice at the south side of the mouth of Mackay Glacier, on the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered by the BAE, 1907-09, and so named because it resembled "a black hand stretched out from a snowy cuff". |
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| Cuff Cape (USA) | 76° 59' 00.0" S | 162° 21' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 123993
Place ID: 3191
A dark rock point emerging from the icy coast of Victoria Land, immediately S of Mackay Glacier. Mapped by the BrAE (1910-13) and so named because the dark rock resembles a hand extending from a snowy cuff. |
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