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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| Anckorn Nunataks (GBR) | 70° 14' 00.0" S | 63° 12' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 107509
Place ID: 340
rising to c. 800m NW of Smith Inlet, Wilkins Coast, were photographed from the air by USN in 1966 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from Stonington Island , 1972-73; named after John Fergus Anckorn (b. 1949), BAS geologist, Stonington Island , 1972-74, who worked in the area (BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/12, 1-DOS 1976; APC, 1977, p.3). |
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| Anckorn Nunataks (USA) | 70° 14' 00.0" S | 63° 12' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 121784
Place ID: 340
A group of nunataks and snow-covered hills, 15 mi long, between Mount Bailey and Mount Samsel in the E part of Palmer Land. Named by UK-APC after J.F. Anckorn, BAS geologist who worked in the vicinity of this feature. |
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| The Colosseum (AUS) | 79° 47' 00.0" S | 156° 25' 00.1" E | Cirque |
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Name ID: 340
Place ID: 2861
A steep sided, moraine floored cirque cut in Beacon sandstone. A large, well formed amphitheatre on the eastern side of Colosseum Ridge near the head of the glacier filled enclave west of Richardson Hill, in the Eastern AAT. |
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