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 Speed (NZL) | 84° 30' 00.0" S | 176° 50' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 114428
Place ID: 13791
A roughly circular, mound-shaped, mountain with several peaks at the west side of the terminus of Shackleton Glacier in the Bush Mountains of the Queen Maud Range rising to 1100m. Discovered and photographed by the US Antarctic Services Expedition 1939-41, on Flight C of 29 February - 1 March 1940 and surveyed by A P Crary in 1957/58. Named by Crary for Lieut Harvey G Speed, USN. |
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| Mount Speed (USA) | 84° 30' 00.0" S | 176° 50' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 131979
Place ID: 13791
A roughly circular, mound-shaped mountain with several low summits at the edge of Ross Ice Shelf, standing at the W side of the mouth of Shackleton Glacier. Discovered by the USAS (1939-41), and surveyed by A.P. Crary, leader of the U.S. Ross Ice Shelf Traverse (1957-58). Named by Crary for Lt. Harvey G. Speed, USN, Squadron VX-6, who wintered at Little America V in 1957. |
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