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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| Andrus Point (USA) | 73° 53' 00.0" S | 165° 48' 00.0" E | Point |
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Name ID: 121826
Place ID: 390
A prominent, rocky, digit-like point that juts eastward into Lady Newnes Bay toward the floating glacier tongue of the Parker Glacier, in Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. H.R. Andrus, logistics officer on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1962-66. |
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| Pioneer Crossing (AUS) | 68° 29' 18.2" S | 78° 22' 05.2" E | Crossing |
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Name ID: 390
Place ID: 11301
A low pass about 0.5 km long, rising to 6 m above sea level, between the south-east arm of Tryne Fjord and Long Fjord in the Vestfold Hills. Used for the portage of sledges and suitable for tracked vehicles. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). First visited by an ANARE sledging party led by Bruce H. Stinear in 1957. |
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