Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Ball Stream (NZL) | 77° 25' 59.6" S | 163° 42' 45.5" E | Watercourse |
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Name ID: 139333
Place ID: 838
A meltwater stream that issues from the front of Wilson Piedmont Glacier and flows northeast to Surko Stream just west of where the latter enters Arnold Cove, 2.5km west of Marble Point on the coast of Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-ME10 |
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| Ball Stream (USA) | 77° 26' 00.0" S | 163° 43' 00.0" E | Watercourse |
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Name ID: 122154
Place ID: 838
A meltwater stream 2 mi west of Marble Point on the coast of Victoria Land. It issues from the front of Wilson Piedmont Glacier and flows northeast to Surko Stream just west of where the latter enters Arnold Cove. The stream was studied by Robert L. Nichols, geologist for Metcalf and Eddy, Engineers, Boston, MA, which made engineering studies here under contract to the U.S. Navy in the 1957-58 season. Named by Nichols for Donald G. Ball, soil physicist with Metcalf and Eddy. |
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| Canopus Island (AUS) | 67° 32' 06.0" S | 62° 58' 57.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 838
Place ID: 2277
The southern of the two largest islands of the Canopus Islands, about 9 km north-east of Mawson. The two islands were mapped as one and called Spjotxy by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). The island was included in a triangulation of the islands near Mawson in 1959. |
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