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)
Mistake Crag (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mistake Crag (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Crag
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Crag, formed of sedimentary rock extending N from Cinder Spur, rising to approx. 90 m. above the present glacier on its W side, King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Named in reference to the mistaken belief that Cinder Spur was mainly composed from the adjacent volcanic vent, now proven by snow retreat to be a corrie. (APC,1998).
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