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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| Harris Peninsula (GBR) | 71° 31' 00.0" S | 74° 06' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 109213
Place ID: 6035
between Brahms Inlet and Verdi Inlet, Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Named after Cdr. Michael J. Harris, USN, Commanding Officer, Squadron VXE-6, in the Antarctic, 1982-83. |
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| Harris Peninsula (USA) | 71° 31' 00.0" S | 74° 06' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 126230
Place ID: 6035
A broad snow-covered peninsula surmounted by Mount Lee, between Verdi Inlet and Brahms Inlet on the N side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of FIDS, 1960. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Michael J. Harris, USN, Commanding Officer, Squadron VXE-6, from May 1982 to May 1983. |
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