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
Kitovyj, proliv (RUS) 67° 39' 00.0" S 45° 59' 00.0" E Strait
Name ID: 118788 Place ID: 7589

Kitovyy Strait (AUS) 67° 39' 00.0" S 45° 58' 59.9" E Strait
Name ID: 2502 Place ID: 7589

A strait between McMahon Islands and the Thala Hills, Enderby Land. Photographed by ANARE in 1956 and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1957. Named Proliv Kitovyy (Whale Strait) by the Soviet Expedition.

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