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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| Amanda Bay (AUS) | 69° 15' 00.0" S | 76° 50' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 80
Place ID: 6656
A bay about 4 km across and 4 km long, in the south-eastern part of Prydz Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Hovdevika. Photographed by an ANARE aircraft on 26 August, 1957. Renamed by ANARE after the daughter of Squadron Leader P. Clemence, RAAF, who commanded the Antarctic Flight at Mawson in 1957. |
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| Hovde Cove (USA) | 69° 15' 00.0" S | 76° 50' 00.0" E | Cove |
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Name ID: 126753
Place ID: 6656
A small coastal reentrant within Prydz Bay, lying immediately E of Flatnes Ice Tongue. Mapped and named Hovdevika by Norwegian cartographers working from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. |
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| Hovdevika (RUS) | 69° 15' 00.0" S | 76° 53' 00.0" E | Cove |
| Name ID: 118525 Place ID: 6656 | |||
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