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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| Bailey Peninsula (AUS) | 66° 17' 08.9" S | 110° 32' 00.0" E | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 2108
Place ID: 763
A rocky peninsula connected to the continental ice of the Budd Coast 2 km south of Clark peninsula. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Cmdr. C.E. Bailey, USN, captain of USS Henderson, destroyer escort of the western task group of Operation Highjump. |
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| Bailey Peninsula (RUS) | 66° 17' 00.0" S | 110° 32' 00.0" E | Peninsula |
| Name ID: 116933 Place ID: 763 | |||
| Bailey Peninsula (USA) | 66° 17' 00.0" S | 110° 32' 00.0" E | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 122099
Place ID: 763
Rocky peninsula, 1.8 mi long and 1 mi wide, lying between Newcomb Bay and O'Brien Bay at the E side of the Windmill Islands. First mapped from USN Operation HighJump aerial photographs taken in February 1947 and thought to be an island connected by a steep snow ramp to the continental ice overlying Budd Coast. The term peninsula was considered more appropriate by the Wilkes Station party of 1957. Named by the US-ACAN for Cdr. Claude E. Bailey, USN, captain of the USS Henderson, destroyer escort of the western task group of USN Operation HighJump, Task Force 68, 1946-47. |
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| Zasnezhennyj Island (AUS) | 65° 59' 17.9" S | 100° 49' 33.3" E | Island |
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Name ID: 763
Place ID: 16449
Charted by the SAE in 1957 |
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