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 Rea (RUS) | 77° 04' 00.0" S | 145° 35' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 120177 Place ID: 11930 | |||
Mount Rea (USA) | 77° 04' 00.0" S | 145° 30' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 130597
Place ID: 11930
Prominent rock mountain with an imposing monolith on its W side called The Billboard, standing between Arthur and Boyd Glaciers in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the ByrdAE on the Eastern Flight of Dec. 5, 1929, and named by Byrd for Mr. and Mrs. Rea, of Pittsburgh, PA, contributors to the expedition. |
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