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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| Torbert Escarpment (GBR) | 83° 29' 00.0" S | 54° 08' 00.0" W | Escarpment |
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Name ID: 111618
Place ID: 14816
running NNE-SSW and rising to 1675 m at Mount Torbert (q.v.) on NE side of Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, and W side of Median Snowfield, was so called in association with the mountain (USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.6). |
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| Torbert Escarpment (USA) | 83° 29' 00.0" S | 54° 08' 00.0" W | Escarpment |
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Name ID: 132787
Place ID: 14816
An escarpment, 15 mi long, marking the W margin of Median Snowfield in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN after Mount Torbert, the salient feature along its edge. |
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