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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| Geode Nunataks (GBR) | 69° 50' 00.0" S | 70° 05' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 108999
Place ID: 5225
rising to c. 1500m near head of Sibelius Glacier, N Alexander Island, following surveys by BAS from 1968 were so named from the abundant geodes (cavities containing quartz and calcite crystals) in the lava flows of which the feature is composed (BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/5 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978; APC, 1980, p.3). |
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| Geode Nunataks (USA) | 69° 50' 00.0" S | 70° 05' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 125608
Place ID: 5225
A group of small nunataks on the W side of Sibelius Glacier, N of Finlandia Foothills, in NE Alexander Island. So named by the UK-APC in 1977; the nunataks are composed of lava flows with abundant geodes (cavities within the rock containing quartz and calcite crystals). |
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