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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| Beagle Peak (GBR) | 69° 36' 00.0" S | 71° 38' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 107710
Place ID: 1041
rising to c. 700m in Lassus Mountains, Alexander Island, following survey by BAS from "Fossil Bluff", 1970-71, was named after Lieut. Cdr Clyde A.Beagle, USN, LC-130 (Hercules) aircraft commander, Squadron VXE-6, ODF, 1969 and 1970 (APC, 1980, p.3). |
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| Beagle Peak (USA) | 69° 37' 00.0" S | 71° 36' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 122305
Place ID: 1041
A peak rising to c. 700 m in central Lassus Mountains, Alexander Island. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Clyde A. Beagle, USN, LC-130 aircraft commander, Squadron VXE-6, USN OpDFrz, 1969 and 1970. |
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| Dixson Island (AUS) | 68° 07' 10.0" S | 146° 58' 17.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1041
Place ID: 3690
An ice-covered rock mass on the western side of the mouth of the Ninnis Glacier on the coast of George V Land. The feature is about 19 km long and 9 km wide, rising to about 335 m. Discovered in 1912 by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Sir Hugh Dixson of Sydney, a patron of the expedition. |
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