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 Odishaw (NZL) | 84° 42' 00.0" S | 174° 54' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 114042
Place ID: 10553
A high, prominent, ridge-and-gable shaped mountain forming a distinctive landmark in this region, rising to 3970m about 28 miles east of Mt Deakin and about 10 miles south-south-west of Mt Kaplan, with a ridge running generally north-west and south-east. Discovered and photographed by Rear-Admiral Richard E Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of November 1929, and surveyed by A P Crary in 1957/58. Named by Crary fore Dr Hugh Odishaw, Executive Secretary of the US National Committee for the IGY. |
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| Mount Odishaw (RUS) | 84° 41' 00.0" S | 174° 37' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 119744 Place ID: 10553 | |||
| Mount Odishaw (USA) | 84° 42' 00.0" S | 174° 54' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 129611
Place ID: 10553
A high, prominent mountain, 3,965 m, forming a distinctive landmark 9 mi SSW of Mount Kaplan, in the Hughes Range. Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of Nov. 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957-58. Named by the latter for Hugh Odishaw, Executive Secretary of the U.S. National Committee for the IGY. |
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