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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| Cape MacKay (USA) | 77° 42' 00.0" S | 168° 31' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 128296
Place ID: 8805
Ice-covered cape which forms the SE extremity of Ross Island. Discovered by the BrNAE (1901-04) and named for Capt. Harry MacKay, commander of the Terra Nova, one of the relief ships for the expedition. |
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| Mackay, Cape (NZL) | 77° 41' 48.4" S | 168° 30' 06.3" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 113817
Place ID: 8805
A cape forming the south-eastern extremity of Ross Island, on the east side of Windles Bight. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF15 |
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