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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| Magnetite Bluff (GBR) | 83° 22' 00.0" S | 51° 15' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 109972
Place ID: 8852
rising to c. 1700m W of Saratoga Table, Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964; following USGS field work from 1965, so named from the extensive occurrence of magnetite in the gabbro of this area, causing large magnetic anomalies over Forrestal Range (APC, 1980, p.4). |
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| Magnetite Bluff (USA) | 83° 22' 00.0" S | 51° 15' 00.0" W | Bluff |
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Name ID: 128340
Place ID: 8852
A bluff 2 mi NE of Mount Stephens on the W side of Saratoga Table, Forrestal Range (q.v.). Named by US-ACAN, 1979, at the suggestion of Arthur B. Ford and following USGS geological work in the area, from the extensive occurrences of magnetite in the gabbro of this area which cause large magnetic anomalies over the Forrestal Range. |
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