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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| Mount Pulitzer (NZL) | 85° 49' 00.0" S | 154° 16' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 114170
Place ID: 11702
A mountain, rising sharply to about 1371m, distinguished by sharp, serrated ridges, standing about 15 miles west of Robert Scott Glacier, about 25 miles south of its terminus at the Ross Ice Shelf in the Queen Maud Range. Discovered in December 1934 by the Geological Party, led by Blackburn, of the Byrd AE, 1933-35. Named by Byrd for Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the St Louis Post-Dispatch, and a patron of the first two Byrd expeditions. |
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| Mount Pulitzer (USA) | 85° 49' 00.0" S | 154° 16' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 130424
Place ID: 11702
A prominent mountain, 2,155 m, standing 7 mi NE of Mount Griffith on the elevated platform between Koerwitz and Vaughan Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in December 1934 by the ByrdAE geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a patron of the ByrdAE of 1928-30 and 1933-35. |
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