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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| Mazza Point (GBR) | 71° 19' 00.0" S | 73° 36' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110057
Place ID: 9207
NW point of Derocher Peninsula (q.v.), Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Named after Cdr. Joseph D. Mazza, USN, Commanding Officer, Squadron VXE-6, in the Antarctic, 1986-87. |
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| Mazza Point (USA) | 71° 19' 00.0" S | 73° 36' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 128596
Place ID: 9207
Snow-covered point between Brahms Inlet and Mendelssohn Inlet, marking the NW end of Derocher Peninsula, Alexander Island. Mapped by USGS from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1967-68 and from U.S. Landsat imagery taken 1972-73. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Joseph D. Mazza, USN, Commanding Officer, Squadron VXE-6, May 1986 to May 1987. |
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