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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| Harrison Bluff (NZL) | 77° 17' 00.0" S | 166° 23' 00.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 113485
Place ID: 6039
A pale-coloured trachyte headland, forming the seaward termination of Trachyte Hill, and marking the southern end of McDonald Beach on the western side of Mt Bird. A survey station marked by a corner of the bluff by E B Fitzgerald of the Cape Bird Party of the NZGSAE, 1958-59. Many skuas nest on the bluff. Large areas in this vicinity are covered by white patches of cyclic sea-salt formed by the evaporation of wind-blown sea-water. Named by the NZ Antarctic Place Names Committee for J Harrison, Mountaineer-Assistant of the above expedition. |
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| Harrison Bluff (RUS) | 77° 15' 00.0" S | 166° 20' 00.0" E | Bluff |
| Name ID: 118378 Place ID: 6039 | |||
| Harrison Bluff (USA) | 77° 17' 00.0" S | 166° 23' 00.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 126234
Place ID: 6039
A pale-colored trachyte headland forming the seaward termination of Trachyte Hill and marking the southern end of McDonald Beach on the western side of Mount Bird, Ross Island. Many skuas nest on the bluff. A survey station marked by a rock cairn was placed on the top of the northwest corner of the bluff by E.B. Fitzgerald of the Cape Bird Party of the NZGSAE, 1958-59. Named by the NZ-APC for J. Harrison, mountaineer-assistant with the expedition. |
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