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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Edmonson Point (NZL) | 74° 20' 00.0" S | 165° 08' 00.0" E | Point |
Name ID: 139782
Place ID: 4083
A rounded, largely ice-free point below Mount Melbourne along the west side of Wood Bay, Victoria Land. |
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Edmonson Point (USA) | 74° 20' 00.0" S | 165° 08' 00.0" E | Point |
Name ID: 124687
Place ID: 4083
A rounded, largely ice-free point lying below Mount Melbourne along the W side of Wood Bay, Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1955-63. Named by US-ACAN for Larry D. Edmonson, satellite geodesy scientist at McMurdo Station, winter party 1966. |
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