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USGS Mapping Information: GNIS Antarctica Data Base Query Form

The US Geological Survey provides this site, an interactive database that allows the user to query over 12,000 Antarctic geographic names by Feature Name (variant name searching is also supported), Feature Type, Elevation, Description, and Location (latitude and longitude). Retrieval contains all of those variables and a map generated by the Xerox PARC Map Server (discussed in the November 25,...

https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-antarctica/public/sea...
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