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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| Cape Gray (AUS) | 66° 50' 18.3" S | 143° 29' 30.5" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 269
Place ID: 5628
A cape lying at the northern end of a small rocky island, joined by an ice ramp to the coast of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after P. Gray, a member of the expedition. |
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| Cape Gray (RUS) | 66° 48' 00.0" S | 143° 22' 00.0" E | Cape |
| Name ID: 118277 Place ID: 5628 | |||
| Cape Gray (USA) | 66° 51' 00.0" S | 143° 22' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 125901
Place ID: 5628
A rock cape which forms the E side of the entrance to Commonwealth Bay. The cape is actually a small rocky island which is joined to the icecap of the mainland by an ice ramp. Discovered by the AAE (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Percy Gray, second officer on the expedition ship Aurora. |
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