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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| Buckeye Table (USA) | 84° 49' 00.0" S | 114° 45' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 123047
Place ID: 1985
A plateau, 12 mi long and 2 to 5 mi wide, occupying the central part of Ohio Range, Horlick Mountains. The feature is a high level snow surface with precipitous northern cliffs; the plateau surface merges gradually with the inland ice to the south. The name, a nickname of the state of Ohio and Ohio State University, was proposed by William H. Chapman, USGS surveyor in these mountains in the 1958-59 season. Ohio State University and its Institute of Polar Studies initiated a program of geological investigation in the Ohio Range and the Horlick Mountains beginning in the 1960-61 season. |
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| Rundle Peaks (AUS) | 80° 43' 59.9" S | 157° 12' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 1985
Place ID: 12498
A cluster of mainly ice-covered peaks at the southern side of Byrd Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. |
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