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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| Barnes Icefalls (GBR) | 83° 49' 00.0" S | 55° 53' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 107678
Place ID: 917
on Washington Escarpment, Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, were photographed from the air by USN in 1964 and surveyed from the ground by USGS in 1965-66; named after James C. Barnes, US meteorologist and Officer-in-charge, "Ellsworth Station", winter 1962 (USBGN, 1965, p.93; USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.3). |
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| Barnes Icefalls (USA) | 83° 49' 00.0" S | 55° 53' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 122211
Place ID: 917
The icefalls along Washington Escarpment between Mount Dover and Bennett Spires in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for James C. Barnes, meteorologist and station scientific leader at Ellsworth Station, winter 1962. |
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| Klung Islands (AUS) | 67° 33' 09.7" S | 62° 58' 22.8" E | Island |
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Name ID: 917
Place ID: 7643
A group of small islands 7 km north-east of Mawson. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Klungholmane (The Bramble Islets). |
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