Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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 Sickle (RUS) | 68° 55' 00.0" S | 66° 50' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 120576 Place ID: 13244 | |||
| Sickle Mountain (GBR) | 68° 52' 00.0" S | 66° 47' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 111175
Place ID: 13244
rising to 1250m at base of Rasmussen Peninsula, Fallières Coast, was roughly surveyed from a distance by BGLE in 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); visited by USAS in January 1941 and so named from its shape (Ronne, 1945, p.19-20; APC, 1955, p.19; DCS 601 sheet 68 66, 1955; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; DOS 610 sheet W 68 66, 1963); further surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49 and 1958. Gora Sikl (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Sickle Mountain (USA) | 68° 53' 00.0" S | 66° 47' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 131582
Place ID: 13244
Mountain, 1,250 m, standing on the S side of Clarke Glacier and 14 mi E of Cape Berteaux, on the W coast of Graham Land. So named by Finn Ronne of the East Base of the USAS, 1939-41, because its peculiar shape was suggestive of that of a sickle. |
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| Sickle, montaña (ARG) | 68° 52' 00.0" S | 66° 47' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 102174 Place ID: 13244 | |||
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