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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Faure Peak (RUS) | 85° 42' 00.0" S | 128° 35' 00.0" W | Peak |
Name ID: 117954 Place ID: 4488 | |||
Faure Peak (USA) | 85° 42' 00.0" S | 128° 35' 00.0" W | Peak |
Name ID: 125014
Place ID: 4488
A peak, 3,940 m, standing 3.5 mi E of Mount Minshew along the N side of Wisconsin Plateau in the Horlick Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Gunter Faure, leader of the Ohio State University geological party to the Horlick Mountains, 1964-65. |
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