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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| Aubertisen (NOR) | 74° 29' 12.0" S | 10° 37' 30.0" W | |
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Name ID: 114816
Place ID: 622
Glaciated area about 27 km long, between Milorgfjella and Sivorgfjella in Heimefrontfjella, S in Maudheimvidda. After Kristian Aubert, b. 1909, fire brigade constable. Undertook many dangerous operations during the Second World War. He was arrested, and died during terrible torture. |
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| Pagodroma Gorge (AUS) | 70° 49' 23.6" S | 68° 07' 39.1" E | Gorge |
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Name ID: 622
Place ID: 10817
A steep-sided gorge about 6 km long and about 150 m deep joining Radok Lake and Beaver Lake at the eastern end of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed by ANARE aircraft in 1956. The gorge was traversed by A. Medvecky, geologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in January 1969.Named after the Snow Petrels (Pagodroma nivea) which nest in the weathered sandstone walls of the gorge. |
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