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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Lebed Lake (AUS) | 68° 37' 04.1" S | 78° 12' 39.6" E | Water body |
Name ID: 1280
Place ID: 8257
A saline lake in the southern part of the Vestfold Hills. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956 and ANARE in 1957 and 1958.Named Ozero Lebed'' (Swan Lake) by the Soviet Expedition. |
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Mount Best (AUS) | 66° 49' 00.1" S | 51° 22' 00.1" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 1437
Place ID: 1280
One of the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, about 6 km east of Mount Hampson. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after F. Best, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31). |
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Mount Best (USA) | 66° 49' 00.0" S | 51° 23' 00.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 122489
Place ID: 1280
Mountain 1.5 mi SW of Mount Morrison, in the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named by ANCA for F. Best, a member of the crew of the Discovery during the BANZARE, 1929-31. |
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