Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Askin, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Askin (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain (2a)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
High (c.3000 m) flat-topped mountain between Mount McClintock and Mount Aldrich on the main ridge of Britannia Range. Named by US-ACAN after Rosemary A. Askin, geologist, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, who, 1970-2000, worked in diverse parts of Antarctica as Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, Victoria Land and the Transantarctic Mountains, including the general vicinity of this mountain.
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