Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Metschel, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Metschel (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
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:
A conspicuous ice-free mountain on the northwest of the Skelton Névé, surmounted by a peak 1843m high, and 7.5km southeast of Angino Buttress at the Skelton Icefalls.
Plotted from US Navy air photographs. Named by US-ACAN after Cmdr. J.J. Metschel, USN, commander of the Icebreaker, USS Staten Island, 1962-63.
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