Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Bates Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bates Nunatak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Nunatak
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 small isolated nunatak, 1,991 m above sea level in the nivi of the Byrd Glacier below the crest of the Polar Plateau. Discovered by the Darwin Glacier Party of the TAE (1956-58). Named by the NZ Antarctic Place Names Committee after J Bates, a member of the TAE, who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary to the South Pole.
J Bates, a member of the TAE, who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary to the South Pole
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