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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Pontes Ridge (NZL) | 80° 08' 00.0" S | 156° 24' 00.0" E | Ridge |
Name ID: 114133 Place ID: 11463 | |||
Pontes Ridge (USA) | 80° 08' 00.0" S | 156° 24' 00.0" E | Ridge |
Name ID: 130253
Place ID: 11463
A mountain spur that descends eastward to McCraw Glacier, 4 mi S of Derrick Peak in Britannia Range. Named in association with Britannia by a University of Waikato (N.Z.) geological party, 1978-79, led by M.J. Selby. Pontes is a historical placename formerly used in Roman Britain. |
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