Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Balham Valley (NZL) | 77° 25' 00.0" S | 161° 01' 00.0" E | Valley |
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Name ID: 112717
Place ID: 829
A valley between Insel Range and Apocolypse Peaks. Named by the VUWAE, 1958-59, after R W Balham who was biologist with the NZ Party of the TAE, 1956-58, and who did the first fresh-water biology in this area in 1957-58. |
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| Balham Valley (USA) | 77° 25' 00.0" S | 161° 01' 00.0" E | Valley |
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Name ID: 122146
Place ID: 829
An ice-free valley between the Insel Range and Apocalypse Peaks, in Victoria Land. Named by the VUWAE (1958-59) for R.W. Balham, biologist with the N.Z. party of the CTAE who did the first freshwater biology in this area in 1957-58. |
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| Hogg Islands (AUS) | 67° 31' 22.3" S | 61° 36' 05.6" E | Island |
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Name ID: 829
Place ID: 6475
A group of small islands in the northern part of the Stanton Group, off the coast of Mac.Robertson Land, about 1 km south of Kamelen Island and about 5 km north-west of Oldham Island. The central island in the group affords the best camp site in the area. The group was mapped and named by BANZARE under Mawson in February, 1931. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936) and ANARE. Visited in 1969 by an ANARE dog-sledge party visiting Taylor Rookery. Named after Dr. J. Hogg, medical officer at Mawson in 1969. |
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