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 Herlacher (RUS) | 73° 50' 00.0" S | 113° 55' 00.0" W | Cape |
Name ID: 118439 Place ID: 6292 | |||
Cape Herlacher (USA) | 73° 52' 00.0" S | 114° 12' 00.0" W | Cape |
Name ID: 126463
Place ID: 6292
A bold, ice-covered cape forming the N end of Martin Peninsula in Marie Byrd Land. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation HighJump in January 1947. Named by US-ACAN in 1955 after Carl J. Herlacher, principal Antarctic cartographer with the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office 1937. |
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