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
Anchorage Patch (AUS) 68° 34' 27.1" S 77° 55' 45.1" E Anchorage
Name ID: 5 Place ID: 338

A small, isolated, shoal patch within the anchorage area at Davis. It is 1 km from Anchorage Island. The least depth of water over the patch is 11 m. Plotted in January 1961 by d'A.T. Gale during a hydrographic survey by the ANARE Expedition on the MV Thala Dan led by D.F. Styles.

Anchorage Patch (RUS) 68° 34' 00.0" S 77° 56' 00.0" E Anchorage
Name ID: 116820 Place ID: 338

Anchorage Patch (USA) 68° 34' 00.0" S 77° 55' 00.0" E Anchorage
Name ID: 121783 Place ID: 338

A small, isolated shoal, the least depth of water over it being 6 fathoms, lying within Davis Anchorage, about 0.5 mi NW of Torckler Rocks. The shoal was positioned by D'.T. Gale, ANARE surveyor aboard the Thala Dan in 1961.

Punchbowl Cirque (AUS) 76° 43' 00.1" S 159° 43' 59.9" E Cirque
Name ID: 338 Place ID: 11706

A cirque in the southern part of Shipton Ridge in the Allan Hills, about 1 km south-west of Roscolyn Tor. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). The name is descriptive.

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