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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Mount Andrus (USA) | 75° 48' 00.0" S | 132° 14' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 121827
Place ID: 391
A peak 2 mi SE of Mount Boennighausen in the SE extremity of Ames Range, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1964-68. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Carl H. Andrus, USN, medical officer and Officer-in-Charge of Byrd Station in 1964. |
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Nanok Deep (AUS) | 68° 40' 00.1" S | 71° 00' 00.0" E | Deep |
Name ID: 391
Place ID: 10067
A bathymetric deep slightly elongated in a NE-SW direction but with irregular boundaries which are poorly defined. The Nanok Deep is below 500 m and extends under the Amery Ice Shelf. |
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