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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| Omelchenko Bluff (NZL) | 77° 38' 08.0" S | 166° 45' 33.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 137609
Place ID: 19278
A rock bluff rising above 600m, between Turks Head Ridge and Tech Crags and approximately 1km north-west of Grazyna Bluff at Cape Evans, Ross Island. Topographic maps ANTTopo50-MF13 Hut Point Peninsula, NZMS 166 ST58-61/5 McMurdo Sound, and USGS ST57-60/6 Ross Island. New name for a feature not named. |
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| Omelchenko Bluff (USA) | 77° 38' 08.0" S | 166° 45' 33.0" E | Cliff |
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Name ID: 137878
Place ID: 19278
A rock bluff rising above 600m, between Turks Head Ridge and Tech Crags. The bluff is approximately one kilometer northwest of Grazyna Bluff, Cape Evans, Ross Island. The bluff is in close proximity to Cape Evans and is in keeping with other features in this area which are also named after members of the British National Antarctic Expedition (1910-13). Named by New Zealand after Anton Omelchenko (1883-1932), groom on the British National Antarctic Expedition (1910-13), in association with the 2012 Scott Centenary year. |
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