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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Bad Lands (NZL) | 78° 30' 00.0" S | 164° 00' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 112709
Place ID: 744
To the east of Amundsen Arm of the Bay of Whales, on the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by the Byrd AE, 1928-30, because of the rough travelling in this area. They probaly no longer exist because of the changes in configuration in the Ross Ice Shelf. |
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| Cranfield Icefalls (AUS) | 79° 55' 59.9" S | 159° 40' 00.1" E | Icefall |
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Name ID: 744
Place ID: 3087
A series of about eight spectacular icefalls, in an east-west line, falling steeply into the narrowest portion of Darwin Glacier near its mouth. Named by the Darwin Glacier Party of the TAE (1956-58) after W J Cranfield, a member of the Darwin Glacier Party. |
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