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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| Horseshoe Harbor (USA) | 67° 36' 00.0" S | 62° 52' 00.0" E | Harbour |
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Name ID: 126717
Place ID: 6621
Harbor in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land, formed by the horseshoe-shaped rock projections of West Arm and East Arm. Mawson Station is at the head of this harbor. Roughly mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Rephotographed by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. First visited by an ANARE party under Phillip Law, who selected this site for Mawson Station, established on Feb. 13, 1954. |
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| Horseshoe Harbour (AUS) | 67° 36' 00.0" S | 62° 52' 00.1" E | Harbour |
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Name ID: 636
Place ID: 6621
A harbour formed by the horseshoe-shaped rock on which Mawson station is built. Photographed by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and mapped by Norwegian cartographers. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). First visited by ANARE under Phillip Law who selected this site for Mawson station, which was established on 13 February, 1954. |
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| Horseshoe Harbour (RUS) | 67° 36' 00.0" S | 62° 52' 00.0" E | Harbour |
| Name ID: 118512 Place ID: 6621 | |||
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