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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| Arrival Heights (NZL) | 77° 49' 00.0" S | 166° 39' 00.0" E | Heights |
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Name ID: 112679
Place ID: 537
Clifflike heights which extend in a NE-SW direction along the W side of Hut Point Peninsula, just N of Hut Point. Discovered and named by the BrNAE, 1901-04, under Scott. The name suggests the expedition's arrival at its winter headquarters at nearby Hut Point. |
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| Arrival Heights (USA) | 77° 49' 00.0" S | 166° 39' 00.0" E | Heights |
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Name ID: 121936
Place ID: 537
Clifflike heights which extend in a NE-SW direction along the W side of Hut Point Peninsula, just N of Hut Point. Discovered and named by the BrNAE, 1901-04, under Scott. The name suggests the expedition's arrival at its winter headquarters at nearby Hut Point. |
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| Denman Glacier (AUS) | 66° 45' 00.0" S | 99° 25' 00.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 537
Place ID: 3526
A glacier 13-19 km wide, flowing northward for about 130 km into the Shackleton Ice Shelf to the east of David Island, in Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14) Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia in 1911, a patron of the expedition. |
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