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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| Gateway Nunatak (NZL) | 77° 00' 29.6" S | 160° 15' 45.3" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 113376
Place ID: 5160
A prominent nunatak in the upper Mackay Glacier, 15km west-southwest of Mount Gran and 5.6km south of Reid Rigde, at the end of a long line of icefalls extending across the glacier. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MD07 |
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| Gateway Nunatak (USA) | 77° 01' 00.0" S | 160° 15' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 125563
Place ID: 5160
Prominent nunatak near the head of Mackay Glacier, standing 9 mi W of Mount Gran, in Victoria Land. Surveyed in 1957 by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party of the CTAE (1956-58), and so named by them because it marks the most obvious gateway through the upper icefalls for parties traveling W up the Mackay Glacier. |
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