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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| Arrowhead Nunatak (AUS) | 82° 34' 00.1" S | 157° 22' 00.1" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1843
Place ID: 540
A long, narrow nunatak, which in plan has a distinctive head and tail resembling an arrow, lying in the Nimrod Glacier towards the head of that glacier. Discovered and named by the southern party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960-61). |
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| Arrowhead Nunatak (NZL) | 82° 33' 50.7" S | 157° 23' 48.4" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 139984
Place ID: 540
Long, narrow nunatak 12km southeast of Sullivan Nunatak on the north side of Nimrod Glacier. |
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| Arrowhead Nunatak (USA) | 82° 34' 00.0" S | 157° 22' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 121939
Place ID: 540
Long, narrow nunatak 7 mi SE of Sullivan Nunatak near the head of Nimrod Glacier. Mapped and so named by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1960-61) because in plan it resembles an arrowhead. |
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| Underwood Glacier (AUS) | 66° 39' 20.0" S | 107° 56' 42.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 540
Place ID: 15183
A glacier on the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land between Snyder Rocks and Cape Nutt. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named by USACAN after Lieut. J.A. Underwood, USN, who served on the Sloop Vincennes of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Wilkes. |
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