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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| Lesser Antarctica (West Antarctica) (GBR) | 80° 00' 00.0" S | 90° 00' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 109809
Place ID: 8365
the minor region of Antarctica lying in the sector on the Pacific Ocean side of the Transantarctic Mountains, including the Antarctic Peninsula, Orville Coast, Ronne Ice Shelf, Filchner Ice Shelf, Berkner Island and the Ross Ice Shelf (APC, 1960). The name West Antarctica has also been used to refer more or less to the same area. For further information see British Antarctic Territory Gazetteer. |
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