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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| Crohn Massif (AUS) | 70° 28' 00.0" S | 64° 55' 00.0" E | Massif |
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Name ID: 1311
Place ID: 3131
A large, domed massif west of Mt Kirkby in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. It is approximately 7 km long east-west and 4 km wide, rising about 460 m above the surrounding plateau. It is not visible from the east or north-east. There are two small conical peaks of the eastern extremity. Sighted by the ANARE southern party, led by William G Bewsher, in January 1957, and named after Peter W Crohn, geologist at Mawson in 1955 and 1956. |
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| Crohn massif (RUS) | 70° 30' 00.0" S | 65° 00' 00.0" E | Massif |
| Name ID: 117572 Place ID: 3131 | |||
| Crohn Massif (USA) | 70° 27' 00.0" S | 64° 57' 00.0" E | Massif |
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Name ID: 123946
Place ID: 3131
A large, domed massif 3 mi W of Mount Kirkby in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Sighted by an ANARE southern party led by W.G. Bewsher (1956-57) and named for Peter W. Crohn, geologist at Mawson Station in 1955 and 1956. |
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