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)
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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| Law Dome (AUS) | 66° 44' 00.0" S | 112° 50' 00.0" E | Dome |
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Name ID: 412
Place ID: 8209
An ice dome on the Budd Coast of Wilkes Land, centred about 125 km ESE of Casey Station. The dome is 1395 m high (per 1:1M map sheet SQ49-50). The presence and nature of the dome have been revealed as the result of intensive glaciological and geophysical survey by ANARE parties since 1962. |
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| Law Dome (USA) | 66° 44' 00.0" S | 112° 50' 00.0" E | Dome |
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Name ID: 127858
Place ID: 8209
A large ice dome which rises to 1,395 m directly south of Cape Poinsett. The feature was roughly mapped by USGS from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47. The dome has been the subject of intensive glaciological and geophysical surveys by ANARE, 1962-65. Named by ANCA for Phillip G. Law, Director of the Antarctic Division, Australian Department of External Affairs, 1949-66. |
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