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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| Dismal Basin (AUS) | 68° 38' 21.5" S | 78° 13' 32.9" E | Basin |
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Name ID: 34
Place ID: 3678
The basin is a large area south of Oblong Lake in the Vestfold Hills. The surface is undulating and littered with erratics. There are numerous small lakes and ponds. |
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| Mount Achala (RUS) | 62° 55' 00.0" S | 60° 42' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 116730 Place ID: 34 | |||
| Mount Achala (USA) | 62° 55' 00.0" S | 60° 42' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 121557
Place ID: 34
Peak rising to 680 m at the N end of Telefon Ridge, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition in 1956 after a mountain in Argentina. |
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