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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| Desko Mountains (GBR) | 69° 37' 00.0" S | 72° 23' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 108486
Place ID: 3568
WSW-ESE range on Rothschild Island, including Bates Peak, Enigma Peak, Goward Peak, Schenk Peak, Morrill Peak, Thuma Peak and Overton Peak, rising to c.1000m, were photographed from the air by USN in 1946-47 and by RARE in 1947, and roughly mapped from these air photographs by FIDS in 1959; surveyed from the ground by BAS in 1970-71; named after Cdr Daniel A. Desko, USN, aircraft commander, ODF, 1976, and Commanding Officer, Squadron VXE-6, ODF, 1977 (APC, 1980, p.3). |
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| Desko Mountains (USA) | 69° 37' 00.0" S | 72° 23' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 124296
Place ID: 3568
A WNW-ESE mountain range on Rothschild Island (q.v.), off NW Alexander Island. The range spans 20 mi from Bates Peak to Overton Peak and rises to c. 1,000 m at Enigma Peak, Fournier Ridge. Seen (in part) from a distance by Bellingshausen, 1821, and Charcot, 1909, but the nature of the feature remained obscure. The range was photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump and RARE in 1947 and mapped from these air photographs by D. Searle of FIDS in 1960. The range is further defined in U.S. Navy air photographs, 1966, and Landsat imagery, 1975. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Daniel A. Desko, USN, Commanding Officer, Squadron VXE-6, Operation Deep Freeze, 1977; LC-130 aircraft commander, 1976. |
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