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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| Murphy Bay (AUS) | 67° 40' 33.0" S | 146° 18' 14.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 128
Place ID: 9986
A bay about 13 km wide, just west of Cape Bage, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered in 1912 by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after H.D. Murphy, a member of the expedition. |
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| Murphy Bay (USA) | 67° 42' 00.0" S | 146° 19' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 129217
Place ID: 9986
A bay 7 mi wide between Penguin Point and Cape Bage. Discovered by the AAE (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Herbert D. Murphy, a member of the expedition. |
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