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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| Mac. Robertson Land (USA) | 70° 00' 00.0" S | 65° 00' 00.0" E | Land |
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Name ID: 128324
Place ID: 8833
That portion of Antarctica lying southward of the coast between William Scoresby Bay and Cape Darnley. In the east it includes the Prince Charles Mountains. Named by the BANZARE, 1929-31, under Douglas Mawson, after Sir MacPherson Robertson of Melbourne, a patron of the expedition. |
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| Mac.Robertson Land (AUS) | 70° 00' 00.0" S | 65° 00' 00.0" E | Land |
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Name ID: 1296
Place ID: 8833
The sector of Antarctica discovered during the 1929-30 voyage of BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson. Surveyed by BANZARE in greater detail during the 1930-31 voyage when landings were made at Scullin Monolith and Cape Bruce. |
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| MacRobertson Land (RUS) | 69° 20' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" E | Land |
| Name ID: 119189 Place ID: 8833 | |||
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