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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| Auster Glacier (AUS) | 67° 12' 00.0" S | 50° 45' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 577
Place ID: 651
A glacier flowing NNW into Amundsen Bay east of Reference Peak. First seen in October, 1956, by an ANARE party led by P.W. Crohn and named to commemorate the great assistance obtained from the Auster aircraft on coastal operations. |
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| Auster Glacier (RUS) | 67° 12' 00.0" S | 50° 42' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 116895 Place ID: 651 | |||
| Auster Glacier (USA) | 67° 12' 00.0" S | 50° 45' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 122026
Place ID: 651
Glacier about 2 mi wide, flowing NW into the SE extremity of Amundsen Bay. Sighted in October 1956 by an ANARE party led by P.W. Crohn, and named after the Auster aircraft used by ANARE in coastal exploration. |
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| Blackrock Head (AUS) | 67° 14' 42.0" S | 59° 01' 12.4" E | Headland |
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Name ID: 651
Place ID: 1412
A conspicuous rock outcrop on the eastern part of Law Promontory. |
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