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)
Merrick Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Merrick Mountains (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain (2a)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A cluster of mountains, 8 mi long, standing 7 mi NE of the Behrendt Mountains in eastern Ellsworth Land. Discovered and photographed from the air by the RARE, 1947-48, under Finn Ronne. Named by US-ACAN for Conrad G. Merrick, USGS topographic engineer with the Antarctic Peninsula Traverse Party, 1961-62, who participated in the survey of these mountains.
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