Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Kainan Bay (NZL) | 78° 10' 00.0" S | 162° 30' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 113667
Place ID: 7304
A bay, about 1 mile wide and 8 miles long, indenting the Ross Ice Shelf about 30 miles north-east of the Bay of Whales. Discovered in January 1902 by the NAE, 1901-04, but not named until the Japanese Antarctic Exepedition under Shirase landed there in January 1912. Shirase named if after the expedition ship Kainan Maru. The main American "Operation Deepfreeze" Base, Little America V, was established on this site in late December 1955. |
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| Kainan Bay (RUS) | 78° 08' 00.0" S | 162° 25' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 118692 Place ID: 7304 | |||
| Kainan Bay (USA) | 78° 10' 00.0" S | 162° 30' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 127220
Place ID: 7304
An iceport which indents the front of Ross Ice Shelf about 37 miles NE of the NW end of Roosevelt Island. Discovered in January 1902 by the BrNAE under Robert Scott. It was named by the Japanese expedition under Lt. Nobu Shirase which, in January 1912, effected a landing on the ice shelf here from the ship Kainan Maru. Little America V, the main base of USN Operation Deep Freeze, 1955-56, was established at this site in late December 1955. |
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