Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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 Sabine (NZL) | 71° 55' 00.0" S | 169° 33' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 114286
Place ID: 12577
A mountain, 3621m high, standing north of Mt Herschel in the Admiralty Range in northern Victoria Land. Named in 1841 by Ross for Lieutenant-Colonel (later General) Sir Edward Sabine, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society. Sabine was an enthusiastic physicist who rapidly gained promotion as an artillery officer by virtue of his scientific discoveries, and had alredy carried out magnetic and geodetic surveys in many parts of the world. In 1835 Sabine presented to the British Association for the Advancement of Science Proposals for an expedition to the South Magnetic Pole. Ross had taken part in the magnetic survey of the British Isles with Sabine, and namd this mountain after "the first proposer and one of the most active and zealous promoters of th expedition". |
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| Mount Sabine (RUS) | 71° 55' 00.0" S | 169° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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| Mount Sabine (USA) | 71° 55' 00.0" S | 169° 33' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 131097
Place ID: 12577
Prominent, relatively snow-free mountain rising to 3,720 m between the heads of Murray Glacier and Burnette Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains. Discovered on Jan. 15, 1841 by Capt. James Ross, RN, who named this feature for Lt. Col. Edward Sabine of the Royal Artillery, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, one of the most active supporters of the expedition. |
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