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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| Mawson Coast (AUS) | 68° 00' 00.0" S | 63° 00' 00.0" E | Coast |
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Name ID: 358
Place ID: 9179
The coast of Mac.Robertson Land between 60 degrees E., and Murray Monolith 66 degrees 53' E. 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 Cape Bruce and Scullin Monolith. The name was approved in recognition of Sir Douglas Mawson's great contribution to Antarctic Explorations. |
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| Mawson Coast (RUS) | 67° 47' 00.0" S | 62° 30' 00.0" E | Coast |
| Name ID: 119288 Place ID: 9179 | |||
| Mawson Coast (USA) | 67° 40' 00.0" S | 63° 30' 00.0" E | Coast |
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Name ID: 128575
Place ID: 9179
That portion of the coast of Mac. Robertson Land lying between William Scoresby Bay, in 5934E, and Murray Monolith, in 6654E. The coast was sighted during the BANZARE, 1929-30, under Sir Douglas Mawson. Further exploration and landings at Cape Bruce and Scullin Monolith were made during BANZARE, 1930-31. Named by ANCA after Sir Douglas Mawson in recognition of his great contribution to Antarctic exploration. |
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