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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| Lunar Crag (GBR) | 71° 08' 00.0" S | 68° 42' 00.0" W | Crag |
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Name ID: 109927
Place ID: 8723
rising to c. 1200m in Planet Heights at head of Pluto Glacier, E Alexander Island, following surveys by BAS from 1968 was so named in association with the names of planets and satellites in this area (APC, 1980, p.4; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/14, 2-DOS 1984). |
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| Lunar Crag (USA) | 71° 08' 00.0" S | 68° 42' 00.0" W | Crag |
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Name ID: 128229
Place ID: 8723
One of the rock summits in the Planet Heights, rising to c. 1,200 m at the head of Pluto Glacier in E Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of FIDS, 1960. Named by UK-APC, 1977, in association with names of planets and satellites in this area. |
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