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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| Anderson Nunataks (GBR) | 75° 06' 00.0" S | 68° 18' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 107513
Place ID: 357
rising to 1635m, E end of Sweeney Mountains, following surveys by USGS, 1961-62, and by the University of Wisconsin, 1965-66, were named after Richard E. Anderson, aviation electronics technician, USN, on R4D aircraft flights from Byrd Station , Marie Byrd Land, in 1961 (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.3; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). |
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| Anderson Nunataks (USA) | 75° 06' 00.0" S | 68° 18' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 121799
Place ID: 357
A group of nunataks forming the NE end of Sweeny Mountains, In Ellsworth Land. Discovered and photographed from the air by the RARE, 1947-48. Mapped by USGS from Survey and USN air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Richard E. Anderson, aviation electronics technician on R4D flights in 1961, including a Nov. 4, 1961 reconnaissance flight from Byrd Station to the Eights Coast. |
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| Banzare Coast (AUS) | 67° 00' 00.0" S | 126° 00' 00.0" E | Coast |
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Name ID: 357
Place ID: 867
The portion of the coast of Wilkes Land lying between Cape Southard and Cape Morse. Seen on 15 and 16 January, 1931, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson. Named after the expedition. |
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