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)
Avión Cruz del Sur, montes (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Avión Cruz del Sur, montes (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain (2a)
This name originates from Argentina. It is part of the Nomenclador Antártico Argentino and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Forman el contrafuerte occidental de la península Antártica, canal Sarmiento. La Fuerza Aérea Argentina propuso a la C.C.G. el nombre Avión Cruz del Sur, en recuerdo del aparato que realizó el vuelo más austral en la Antártica, efectuando numerosas operaciones y prestando auxilio al personal de la Base argentina General San Martín, que se encontraba aislada desde hacía dos años. Fue publicado en TSAA2. SHN carta H-7.
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