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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| Admirals Nunatak (GBR) | 71° 24' 42.0" S | 69° 00' 48.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 107454
Place ID: 85
Nunatak rising to c. 923 m on the upper Uranus Glacier, 10 km SE of Oberon Peak, E Alexander Island. The name commemorates dog teams of this name that were present at FIDS and BAS stations between 1952 and 1994; the dog team ran its last field season in Antarctica in this area during 1993-94. |
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| Admirals Nunatak (USA) | 71° 25' 00.0" S | 69° 01' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 121601
Place ID: 85
A nunatak rising to 925 m on the upper Uranus Glacier, central Alexander Island. The name originates from dog teams named "The Admirals" that served at various British stations in Antarctica, 1952-94, and honors the loyal service of all FIDS/BAS sled dogs. |
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| Freeth Bay (AUS) | 67° 43' 59.9" S | 45° 39' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 85
Place ID: 4945
A bay on the coast of Enderby Land, about 19 km west of Spooner Bay. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. First visited by the ANARE Expedition on the MV Thala Dan led by D.F. Styles in February 1961. Named after the Hon. Gordon Freeth, Australian Minister for the Interior, 1958-64. |
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