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
Bainmedart Cove (AUS) 70° 51' 00.0" S 68° 02' 37.7" E Cove
Name ID: 368 Place ID: 774

A cove about 1.5-2.0 km long and 400 to 1000 m wide in the eastern part of Radok Lake, in the eastern part of the Prince Charles Mountains. The cove leads to a narrow gorge joining Radok and Beaver Lakes. The name is a composite of C. Bain, A. Medvecky and J. Dart, who spent a month at the cove working on the geology of the Beaver Lake - Radok Lake area during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in Jan-Feb 1989.

Bainmedart Cove (USA) 70° 51' 00.0" S 68° 03' 00.0" E Cove
Name ID: 122108 Place ID: 774

A cove about 1 mi long in eastern Radok Lake, in the Prince Charles Mountains. The cove leads to narrow Pagodroma Gorge which joins Radok and Beaver Lakes. The name is a composite one made from the names of C. Bain, A. Medvecky, and J. Dart who spent a month at the cove studying the geology of the lakes area during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in Jan.-Feb., 1969.

Mousinho Island (AUS) 70° 38' 00.0" S 71° 58' 00.1" E Island
Name ID: 774 Place ID: 9919

A partly ice-covered island, 235 m high, about two km from the southern end of Gillock Island in the Amery Ice Shelf. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE 1958. First visited by a party led by John Manning, from the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in January 1969. Named after A. Moushino, pilot of the Beaver aircraft with the 1969 ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party.

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