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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| Alexander Peak (USA) | 77° 28' 00.0" S | 146° 48' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 121683
Place ID: 202
A peak in the N end of the Haines Mountains, in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Probably first seen on aerial flights from Little America base by the ByrdAE (1928-30). Named by US-ACAN for C.D. Alexander, a member of the ByrdAE (1933-35). |
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| Rimington Bluff (AUS) | 73° 35' 23.0" S | 68° 22' 18.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 202
Place ID: 12156
A rock bluff at the southern end of the Mawson Escarpment, just south of Tingey Glacier. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named after G.R.L. Rimington, (then) Assistant Director, of the (then) Division of National Mapping, Australian Department of National Development, 1961-66. |
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