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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| Arthurson Bluff (NZL) | 70° 45' 00.0" S | 166° 05' 00.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 112683
Place ID: 551
A mostly ice-covered bluff overlooking the confluence of Ludvig Glacier and Kirkby Glacier from the W, near the N coast of Victoria Land. A helicopter landing was made here by an ANARE party led by Phillip Law, 1962. Named by ANARE for Capt. J. Arthurson, helicopter pilot with the expedition. |
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| Arthurson Bluff (USA) | 70° 45' 00.0" S | 166° 05' 00.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 121948
Place ID: 551
A mostly ice-covered bluff overlooking the confluence of Ludvig Glacier and Kirkby Glacier from the W, near the N coast of Victoria Land. A helicopter landing was made here by an ANARE party led by Phillip Law, 1962. Named by ANARE for Capt. J. Arthurson, helicopter pilot with the expedition. |
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| Turk Glacier (AUS) | 73° 21' 09.0" S | 68° 19' 25.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 551
Place ID: 15060
A small glacier between McIntyre Bluffs and Philpott Bluff on the Mawson Escarpment. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named after Andrew Turk, surveyor with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1974. |
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