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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| Amundsen Sea (RUS) | 73° 00' 00.0" S | 112° 00' 00.0" W | Sea |
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| Amundsen Sea (USA) | 73° 00' 00.0" S | 112° 00' 00.0" W | Sea |
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Name ID: 121773
Place ID: 322
The marginal sea off the coast of Marie Byrd Land between Cape Dart, Siple Island, on the west and Cape Flying Fish, Thurston Island, on the east. Named by the Norwegian expedition of 1928-29, under Capt. Nils Larsen, while exploring this area in February, 1929. Named for Capt. Roald Amundsen, famous Norwegian explorer who was first to reach the South Pole. The sea has been defined with greater precision through discoveries of the U.S. Antarctic Service (1939-41), USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and U.S. exploration in the post-IGY years. |
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| Amundsenhavet (NOR) | 73° 00' 00.0" S | 112° 00' 00.0" W | Sea |
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Name ID: 135741
Place ID: 322
The marginal sea off the coast of Marie Byrd land between Cape Dart, Siple Island, on the W and Cape Flying Fish, Thurston Island on the E. After Roald Engebregt Gravning Amundsen, 1872-1928, renowned Norwegian explorer who was first to reach the South Pole. |
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