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 Rocks (AUS) | 66° 16' 33.6" S | 110° 32' 03.8" E | Offshore rock |
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Name ID: 2375
Place ID: 765
A group of rocks on the northern side of Bailey Peninsula, Windmill Islands, in Newcomb Bay south of Kilby Island. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1956 and 1962) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). The rocks were included in a hydrographic survey of Newcomb Bay by d'A.T. Gale, hydrographic surveyor with the ANARE Expedition (Thala Dan), 1962, led by Phillip Law. Named from Bailey Peninsula. |
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| Bailey Rocks (USA) | 66° 17' 00.0" S | 110° 32' 00.0" E | Rock |
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Name ID: 122101
Place ID: 765
Small chain of rocks in the Windmill Islands which extends NE from the N side of Bailey Peninsula into Newcomb Bay. First mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and observed in 1957 by Wilkes Station personnel under C.R. Eklund. Named by Eklund for Aerographers Mate 1st Class Carl T. Bailey, USN, a Navy support force member of the 1957 wintering party at Wilkes Station during the IGY. |
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| Saturn Island (AUS) | 66° 08' 17.9" S | 101° 08' 27.3" E | Island |
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Name ID: 765
Place ID: 12753
Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956. |
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