Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Minna Bluff (NZL) | 78° 31' 00.0" S | 166° 25' 00.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 113925
Place ID: 9623
A long, narrow bold peninsula 49km long from Minna Saddle in the west to the end of Minna Hook to the east and up to 7.7km wide, projecting southeast from Mount Discovery into the northwest portion of the Ross Ice Shelf. Like Brown Island, it is connected with Mount Discovery only by a low isthmus, but itself rises in many peaks over 900m high, with a highest point of c.1081m at Minna Hook. On its northern face it is very free from snow, but its southern side, which receives the full force of all the southerly weather and the pressure of the Ross Ice Shelf, is ice-covered except where the cliffs are too steep to hold the snow. |
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| Minna Bluff (RUS) | 78° 32' 00.0" S | 166° 30' 00.0" E | Bluff |
| Name ID: 119444 Place ID: 9623 | |||
| Minna Bluff (USA) | 78° 31' 00.0" S | 166° 25' 00.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 128940
Place ID: 9623
A narrow, bold peninsula, 25 mi long and 3 mi wide, projecting SE from Mount Discovery into Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the BrNAE (1901-04) which named it for Minna, the wife of Sir Clements Markham, the "father" of the expedition. |
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