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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| Kar Plateau (NZL) | 76° 55' 41.2" S | 162° 19' 56.2" E | Plateau |
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Name ID: 113673
Place ID: 7355
A small plateau which is snow-covered except for the Kappen Cliffs, an almost vertical rock scarp marking its southern side. The plateau rises gently towards the northwest to the heights of Mount Marston, situated at the west side of Granite Harbour in Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MC09 |
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| Kar Plateau (RUS) | 76° 55' 00.0" S | 162° 30' 00.0" E | Plateau |
| Name ID: 118706 Place ID: 7355 | |||
| Kar Plateau (USA) | 76° 56' 00.0" S | 162° 20' 00.0" E | Plateau |
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Name ID: 127253
Place ID: 7355
A small, mainly snow-covered plateau with an almost vertical rock scarp marking its southern side, standing on the W side of Granite Harbor, just N of the terminus of Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land. The plateau rises gently toward the NW to the heights of Mount Marston. Mapped and named by the BrAE, 1910-13. "Kar" is a Turkish word meaning snow. |
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