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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| Mount Benninghoff (NZL) | 77° 54' 50.8" S | 161° 19' 05.9" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 139641
Place ID: 1184
A mainly ice-free mountain 1964m 2.6km southeast of Terra Cotta Mountain in Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. Overlooking Ferrar Glacier to the south. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MG08 |
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| Mount Benninghoff (USA) | 77° 55' 00.0" S | 161° 19' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 122416
Place ID: 1184
A mainly ice-free mountain (1,965 m) standing 1.5 mi SE of Terra Cotta Mountain in Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by US-ACAN in 1993 after William S. Benninghoff (1918-93), Professor of Botany, University of Michigan, 1957-88, retiring as Professor Emeritus of Botany; seasonal visits to Antarctica in 1968, 1976, 1977 and 1989; member, SCAR Working Group on Biology, 1968-87; member, Polar Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, 1966-86. |
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| Rookery Lake (AUS) | 68° 29' 53.2" S | 78° 04' 22.8" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 1184
Place ID: 12346
A lake, almost circular in shape, just cut off from the sea, at the western end of Long Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. The lake was one of several investigated by ANARE biologists wintering at Davis in 1974. |
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