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)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Nelson Peak (GBR) | 83° 40' 00.0" S | 55° 03' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 110316
Place ID: 10145
rising to 1605m on Washington Escarpment (q.v.), Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, was named after Willis H. Nelson, geologist with the USGS field party in the area, summer 1963-64 ([in 83°40'S 54°50'W] USBGN, 1965, p. 102; [co-ordinates corrected] USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.5). |
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| Nelson Peak (USA) | 83° 40' 00.0" S | 55° 03' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 129315
Place ID: 10145
A peak, 1,605 m, standing at the eastern end of Drury Ridge and Brown Ridge where the two ridges abut Washington Escarpment, in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Willis H. Nelson, geologist with the Neptune Range field party, 1963-64. |
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