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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Australian Antarctic Territory (AUS) | 75° 00' 00.0" S | 90° 00' 00.0" E | Territory |
Name ID: 2524
Place ID: 672
That portion of Antarctica lying between Longitudes 45 degrees E., and 136 degrees E., and between longitudes 142 degrees E., and 160 degrees E. Created by Order in Council on 7 February, 1933, and proclaimed on 24 August, 1936, subsequent to the Australian Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act, 1933. |
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Mistichelli Hills (AUS) | 70° 02' 00.0" S | 72° 50' 00.0" E | Hill |
Name ID: 672
Place ID: 9667
A group of moderately low, rocky hills, about 2 km south-west of the McKaskle Hills on the eastern margin of the Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).Named after G. Mistichelli, an aircrew member on Operation Highjump. |
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