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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| Madigan Nunatak (AUS) | 67° 06' 46.0" S | 143° 30' 04.5" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1882
Place ID: 8839
A rocky exposure reaching a height of 732 m above sea level, about 19 km WSW of the head of Watt Bay, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after C.T. Madigan, a member of the expedition. |
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| Madigan Nunatak (RUS) | 67° 10' 00.0" S | 143° 20' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
| Name ID: 119190 Place ID: 8839 | |||
| Madigan Nunatak (USA) | 67° 09' 00.0" S | 143° 21' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 128330
Place ID: 8839
An isolated nunatak that rises above the continental ice 18 mi S of Cape Gray. Discovered by the AAE (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Cecil T. Madigan, meteorologist with the expedition. |
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