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)
Southern Cross Subglacial Highlands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Southern Cross Subglacial Highlands (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Subglacial mountains
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
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The Subglacial Highlands are within the Australian Antarctic Territory at the north-west end of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin. They run NNE-SSW and separate the Webb Subglacial Trench from the main part of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin. Discovered and mapped by radio echo sounding by the Scott Polar Research Institute.
Named after the Southern Cross (Captain B Jensen), the ship of the British Expedition 1898-1900.
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