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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| King Leopold And Queen Astrid Coast (AUS) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 85° 00' 00.0" E | Coast |
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Name ID: 360
Place ID: 8345
That part of the coast of Princess Elizabeth Land between longitude 81 degrees E and Cape Penck 87 degrees 43' E. This coast was charted by a Norwegian expedition under Lars Christensen in January 1934. Named after King Leopold and Queen Astrid of Belgium. |
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| Leopold and Astrid Coast (USA) | 67° 20' 00.0" S | 84° 30' 00.0" E | Coast |
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Name ID: 127950
Place ID: 8345
That portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between the western extremity of the West Ice Shelf, in 8124E, and Cape Penck, in 8743E. Discovered and explored in an airplane flight from the Norwegian ship Thorshavn, January 17, 1934, by Lt. Alf Gunnestad and Capt. Nils Larsen. Named by Lars Christensen, Norwegian whaling magnate and leader of the expedition, for King Leopold and Queen Astrid of Belgium. |
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| Leopold og Astrid Kyst (RUS) | 67° 30' 00.0" S | 84° 00' 00.0" E | Coast |
| Name ID: 119046 Place ID: 8345 | |||
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