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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| Austnes (RUS) | 66° 42' 00.0" S | 57° 17' 00.0" E | Peninsula |
| Name ID: 116900 Place ID: 667 | |||
| Austnes Peninsula (AUS) | 66° 42' 00.0" S | 57° 16' 59.9" E | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 2085
Place ID: 667
A peninsula in the southern part of King Edward Plateau, Kemp Land. |
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| Austnes Peninsula (USA) | 66° 42' 00.0" S | 57° 17' 00.0" E | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 122038
Place ID: 667
A short, broad, ice-covered peninsula forming the SE end of Edward VIII Plateau and the N side of the entrance to Edward VIII Bay. Cape Gotley marks the extremity of this peninsula. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition in January-February 1937, and named Austnes by them because of its eastward projection. |
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