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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| Marø Cliffs (GBR) | 79° 04' 00.0" S | 28° 30' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 110010
Place ID: 9023
rising to c. 900m on NW side of Theron Mountains (q.v.), Coats Land, were surveyed by TAE, 1956-57, and named after Kapt. Harald Marø, Norwegian Master of the Canadian sealing ship Theron which transported the TAE advance party to Filchner Ice Front, 1955-56 (APC, 1962, p.21; DOS 610 sheet W 79 28/30, 1963). |
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| Marø Cliffs (USA) | 79° 04' 00.0" S | 28° 30' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 128449
Place ID: 9023
Prominent rock cliffs standing SW of Jeffries Glacier in the Theron Mountains. First mapped in 1956-57 by the CTAE and named for Harald Maro, captain of the Canadian sealer members of the CTAE to the Filchner Ice Shelf in 1955-56. |
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