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
Johnston Fjord (AUS) 69° 24' 30.0" S 76° 04' 30.0" E Fjord
Name ID: 424 Place ID: 7184

A fjord on the western side of Stornes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills. It has steep, almost vertical walls.

Shennong Wan (CHN) 69° 24' 40.5" S 76° 04' 26.3" E Fjord
Name ID: 106670 Place ID: 7184

The Feicui Bandao is cut by the gulf from Stornes Peninsula. The gulf is approximately 3 km in length and 200 metres in width. Small islands like the Pearl Island stand against the wind at the entrance which is a long and narrow internal bay. It was named when surveying and mapping in 1993.

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