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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| Aèrodromnaja, gora (RUS) | 70° 46' 00.0" S | 11° 38' 00.0" E | Hill |
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| Aerodromnaya Hill (USA) | 70° 47' 00.0" S | 11° 38' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 121610
Place ID: 98
An isolated rock hill standing 1 mi S of the Schirmacher Hills in Queen Maud Land. The hill was discovered and first roughly mapped from air photos by the GerAE, 1938-39. It was named Gora Aerodromnaya (airdrome hill) by the SovAE, 1961, because a landing strip was established in the vicinity in connection with nearby Novolazerevskaya Station. |
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| Sandefjord Bay (AUS) | 69° 40' 49.4" S | 73° 56' 13.6" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 98
Place ID: 12693
An ice bay at the head of Prydz Bay, lying on the eastern side of the Amery Ice Shelf. This bay has now disappeared, engulfed by the ice of the Amery Ice Shelf. Discovered in February, 1935, by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen in the whaling ship Thorshavn and called Sandefjord Bukta after the town of Sandefjord, Norway. |
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