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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| Mount Adam (NZL) | 71° 47' 00.0" S | 168° 37' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 112602
Place ID: 66
Mountain (4,010 m) situated 2.5 mi WNW of Mount Minto in the Admiralty Mountains. Discovered in Jan. 1841 by Capt. James Clark Ross, RN, who named this feature for V. Admiral Sir Charles Adam, a senior naval lord of the Admiralty. |
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| Mount Adam (RUS) | 71° 17' 00.0" S | 168° 35' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 116737 Place ID: 66 | |||
| Mount Adam (USA) | 71° 47' 00.0" S | 168° 37' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 121586
Place ID: 66
Mountain (4,010 m) situated 2.5 mi WNW of Mount Minto in the Admiralty Mountains. Discovered in Jan. 1841 by Capt. James Clark Ross, RN, who named this feature for V. Admiral Sir Charles Adam, a senior naval lord of the Admiralty. |
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| Taynaya Bay (AUS) | 68° 27' 09.0" S | 78° 17' 32.3" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 66
Place ID: 14472
An enclosed bay in the northern part of Long Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. The only entrance to the bay is a very restricted passage. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1954, 1957 & 1958) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). |
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