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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| Cape McNab (NZL) | 66° 56' 00.0" S | 163° 14' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 113895
Place ID: 9343
A cape (350 m) which forms the S end of Buckle Island in the Balleny Islands. Named for John McNab, 2d mate of the schooner Eliza Scott, who made a sketch of the Balleny Islands when they were discovered by John Balleny in 1839. (Description taken from USA name in SCAR CGA). |
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| Cape McNab (RUS) | 66° 55' 00.0" S | 163° 15' 00.0" E | Cape |
| Name ID: 119339 Place ID: 9343 | |||
| Cape McNab (USA) | 66° 56' 00.0" S | 163° 14' 00.0" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 128726
Place ID: 9343
A cape (350 m) which forms the S end of Buckle Island in the Balleny Islands. Named for John McNab, 2d mate of the schooner Eliza Scott, who made a sketch of the Balleny Islands when they were discovered by John Balleny in 1839. |
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