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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| Mount Feather (NZL) | 77° 57' 00.0" S | 160° 21' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113278
Place ID: 4496
An immense mountain with a broad dome-shaped summit, at the north end of the Skelton névé between the Lashly Glacier and the head of the Ferrar Glacier. It is cliffed by the main stream of the Skelton on the south, a long ridge runs towards Tabular Mountain, and from this another ridge runs north-east towarrds Beacon Heights. Named by the NAE, 1901-04, after Thomas A Feather, RN, Boatswain on the "Discovery", who accompanied Scott in his Western Journey in 1903. |
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| Mount Feather (RUS) | 77° 58' 00.0" S | 160° 25' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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| Mount Feather (USA) | 77° 57' 00.0" S | 160° 21' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 125020
Place ID: 4496
A massive mountain, 3,010 m, with a broad flattish summit, standing at the S extremity of the Quartermain Mountains, in Victoria Land. Named after Thomas A. Feather, RN, Boatswain on the Discovery during the BrNAE (1901-04), who accompanied Scott in his Western Journey to this area in 1903. |
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