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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| Admiralty Mountains (NZL) | 71° 45' 00.0" S | 168° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 112607
Place ID: 88
A large group of high mountains and individually named ranges and ridges in NE Victoria Land which are bounded by the sea, and by the Dennistoun, Ebbe, and Tucker Glaciers. Discovered in Jan. 1841 by Capt. James Ross, RN, and named by him for the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty under whose orders he served. |
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| Admiralty Mountains (RUS) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 168° 00' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 116746 Place ID: 88 | |||
| Admiralty Mountains (USA) | 71° 45' 00.0" S | 168° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 121603
Place ID: 88
A large group of high mountains and individually named ranges and ridges in NE Victoria Land which are bounded by the sea, and by the Dennistoun, Ebbe, and Tucker Glaciers. Discovered in Jan. 1841 by Capt. James Ross, RN, and named by him for the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty under whose orders he served. |
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| Davies Bay (AUS) | 69° 17' 45.0" S | 158° 32' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 88
Place ID: 3370
A bay on the coast of Oates Land just east of Drake Head. A bay in this vicinity was discovered and named in February, 1911, from the Terra Nova under Lieut. H L Pennell, RN. Photographed in February 1959, by the ANARE Expedition on the Magga Dan under Phillip Law. Named after Francis Davies, shipwright on the Terra Nova. |
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