Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Lanyon, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Lanyon (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A mountain about 22 km south of Taylor Platform in the Prince Charles Mountains. The mountain, which is about 14 km long is divided in the south by a small, plateau-fed glacier. The northern part of the mountain has an area of moraine extending eastwards for about 12.8 km. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960. Named after J.H. Lanyon, Officer-in-Charge at Wilkes in 1965.
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