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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| South Beacon (NZL) | 77° 51' 00.0" S | 160° 47' 00.0" E | Butte |
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Name ID: 139538
Place ID: 13723
The summit of a bold, flat-topped ridge rising to 2211m in the south part of Beacon Heights, in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. A ridge system connects South Beacon with West Beacon, 2.9km north, and East Beacon, 3km northeast. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF07 |
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| South Beacon (USA) | 77° 51' 00.0" S | 160° 47' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 131923
Place ID: 13723
The summit of a bold, flat-topped ridge rising to 2,210 m in the south part of Beacon Heights, in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. A ridge system connects South Beacon with West Beacon, 1.5 mi north, and East Beacon, 1.5 mi northeast. So named by the NZ-APC following geological work here by C.T. McElroy, G. Rose, and K.J. Whitby in 1980-81. |
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